SA The Adelaide Thread

[Barney_stinson]

I'd move from adel to melb in a flash.....if I could get the same sized house on the same sized block for the same price that was 15 mins from work which pays me the same as i get paid now.

Better shopping
Better food
Better car rules (modified)
Just generally better all round imo

You mean like that antiquated long right hand turn rule?

 

[PoppedCorn]

???
You mean the hook turns that are only in the city???

No
I'm talking modified cars.
You can't do jack shit in sa compared to the other states

 

[Gough]

???
You mean the hook turns that are only in the city???

No
I'm talking modified cars.
You can't do jack shit in sa compared to the other states

What's the point, you're barely allowed to drive at more than 50?

 

[Barney_stinson]

???
You mean the hook turns that are only in the city???

No
I'm talking modified cars.
You can't do jack shit in sa compared to the other states

No idea what you are talking about.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Rules for modifying your car in sa are draconian
Interstate you can do much much more to your car

The rules are not the same nationally on vehicle modification
Which is completely stupid tbh

 

[PoppedCorn]

What's the point, you're barely allowed to drive at more than 50?

Yet they make cars that do 240? What's your point?

 

[Papa G]

Rules for modifying your car in sa are draconian
Interstate you can do much much more to your car

The rules are not the same nationally on vehicle modification
Which is completely stupid tbh

Lol. Reckon Broadmeadows would welcome you with open arms bro.

 

[Barney_stinson]

Rules for modifying your car in sa are draconian
Interstate you can do much much more to your car

The rules are not the same nationally on vehicle modification
Which is completely stupid tbh

First world problem.

 

[PoppedCorn]

So you engage in conversation and ask about something, it gets explained, then sprout it's now a first world prob??



You're own board was right........

 

[Barney_stinson]

So you engage in conversation and ask about something, it gets explained, then sprout it's now a first world prob??



You're own board was right........

My own board?

 

[Barney_stinson]

So you engage in conversation and ask about something, it gets explained, then sprout it's now a first world prob??



You're own board was right........

Dude, you're complaining about not being allowed to have a blowoff value on your skyline

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Christies Beach isnt that bad to be honest, its more as you move further away from the coast its shit.

 

[Rotayjay]

It might have looked a bit ugly and American-style if we'd built MATS, but I think we would have been better off. Imagine something like the South Road Superway - free-flowing at 90 km/h - connecting all major parts of Adelaide:

I overlaid this picture on Google Earth, to scale, and estimated some travel times using the 'path' tool and some basic maths. I assumed a speed limit of 90 kmh because it was supposed to take 30 minutes to get from from Salisbury to Noarlunga. Oh what might have been!

From Modbury to Marion
with MATS - 29 minutes
without MATS today - 48 minutes (according to Android Google Maps with Saturday lunchtime traffic)

From Plympton to Pooraka
with MATS - 20 minutes
without MATS today - 40 minutes

From Mitcham to Seaton
with MATS - 14 minutes!
without MATS today - 36 minutes

From Paradise to Glenelg
with MATS - 20 minutes
without MATS today - 46 minutes


One might say 'but who drives regularly between Mitcham and Seaton?' But having a proper highway network would open up so many job and leisure opportunities for Adelaideians. You wouldn't have to look for a job only on your side of town - you could take that job you really want on the other side of town, knowing that you won't have to spend an hour on a shitty 60kmh stop-start road to get there. If you live in Paradise, you could go to Glenelg for fun whenever you like - there's a big psychological difference between being 20 minutes away vs 46 minutes away. 'Build it, and they will come'. And yes, at peak hour those travel times would blow out even with MATS, but I'd much rather be travelling at 60 kmh on the busy North-South Freeway rather than crawling like a glacier at 30 kmh on South Road.

Some relatives of mine sold their house because it was within a planned corridor. In the '70s, the land acquisition wouldn't have cost the earth - with today's overinflated house prices, it would cost the earth. If I was King of South Australia, I'd make it happen

 

[brucetiki]

And like anything progressive in Adelaide, the NIMBY's made sure that MATS never got off the ground.

 

[NSWCROW]

Was meant to be a massive interchange around where the Ent centre is now.


Disgraceful that this never happened , i haven't been home in over 10 years so i know the Sthn expressway has been finished ( **** saying " duplicated )
Now a port expressway too i believe and i know they're working back south down South rd m think they got to Regency Tafe yes ?

 

[Rotayjay]

And like anything progressive in Adelaide, the NIMBY's made sure that MATS never got off the ground.

Especially since St Peter's, Norwood and Rose Park are NIMBY heartlands, and the Hills Freeway would have cut through them.

 

[Rotayjay]

Was meant to be a massive interchange around where the Ent centre is now.


Disgraceful that this never happened , i haven't been home in over 10 years so i know the Sthn expressway has been finished ( **** saying " duplicated )
Now a port expressway too i believe and i know they're working back south down South rd m think they got to Regency Tafe yes ?

Southern Expressway is now two ways, and there's a 90-kmh elevated roadway from Regency Park to the Salisbury Highway. A section of South Road is being turned into a non-stop partially-lowered corridor, but only from the Brickworks to Torrens Road. Currently under construction, supposed to be finished next year.

 

[brucetiki]

Southern Expressway is now two ways, and there's a 90-kmh elevated roadway from Regency Park to the Salisbury Highway. A section of South Road is being turned into a non-stop partially-lowered corridor, but only from the Brickworks to Torrens Road. Currently under construction, supposed to be finished next year.

There's also the Darlington project, which will take people non-stop from the Southern Expressway to the South/Shepherds Hill/Ayliffes Rd intersection, and the Northern Connector (which will connect the North-South Motorway to the Northern Expressway). The north-south corridor is slowly taking shape.

 

[little graham]

best wineries
best touring car festival
best cricket oval
best marine eco system
best beaches
best part of the greatest river on earth
convict free
best cycling event
best bands

SA great!

 

[Papa G]

best wineries
best touring car festival
best cricket oval
best marine eco system
best beaches
best part of the greatest river on earth
convict free
best cycling event
best bands

SA great!

Lol. Virtually none of that is true. But it was just about the perfect Souf Australian post. The fact you are a Crers supporter is the cherry on the top.

 

[NSWCROW]

Southern Expressway is now two ways, and there's a 90-kmh elevated roadway from Regency Park to the Salisbury Highway. A section of South Road is being turned into a non-stop partially-lowered corridor, but only from the Brickworks to Torrens Road. Currently under construction, supposed to be finished next year.

There's also the Darlington project, which will take people non-stop from the Southern Expressway to the South/Shepherds Hill/Ayliffes Rd intersection, and the Northern Connector (which will connect the North-South Motorway to the Northern Expressway). The north-south corridor is slowly taking shape.

Only 50 years too late

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Can we not turn this into a Crows vs Port shitfight? They're bad enough on the Bay, no need for them here.

 

[brucetiki]

Only 50 years too late

Though the Modbury Freeway is effectively the O-bahn route.

 

[Gough]

I like Adelaide's lack of freeways, it sets us apart from other places. I want to see the parklands used for more than private school sport, and cottaging. We have this huge area that we are essentially ignoring. Some cafes, and a few other features would be great.

 

[Jimmy_the_Gent]

I like Adelaide's lack of freeways, it sets us apart from other places. I want to see the parklands used for more than private school sport, and cottaging. We have this huge area that we are essentially ignoring. Some cafes, and a few other features would be great.

Is this the area around the city where they have the fringe festival?

Also, it should be noted that Adelaide bats above it's weight when it comes to botanical gardens.