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They are stealing our future coaches too.Rumour has it that the new AFL Coaches Academy will be based at Dingley.
They are all stealing our coaches anyway
You'll love even more now that there is a new 90 km speed limit for trucks which starts outbound near Huntingdale road.
Not that the fecking trucks could be stuffed obeying any road laws at all.
They are stealing our future coaches too.
If Hirdy was driving a car with Gerard Healy as a passenger and they rear ended you on that road...(?!)For anyone who doesn't live in the SE suburbs, getting to the SE suburbs is awful. The Monash freeway is home of moron truck drivers who think it is incredibly bright to proceed to drive 5-10 km/h under the speed limit - but not just isolate this to one lane but all of them. My hate for that ******* road is equal to my hate for Essendrugs and the $wines.
risk of zoning and timing would be factored into any land sale obviously. On a reclaimed land fill, unlikely any time soonIf it could be subdivided or if there was nay chance of that happening in the next decade or so, then there is no way they would be getting that much land for under the $8 million that they are paying.
If the land was able to be fully subdivided for residential use the site would worth far more than $200 million.
They are playing $112.000 per acre when the land content of ~500 sq metre blocks (under the 630 sq m dual occupancy sub division size) to the north around South Oakleigh are around the $500k mark.
Of course it will. Transportation is where most of the $50m is being sunk.
Why is the land so cheap then? Ii is at least valid for commercial development now.If it could be subdivided or if there was nay chance of that happening in the next decade or so, then there is no way they would be getting that much land for under the $8 million that they are paying.
If the land was able to be fully subdivided for residential use the site would worth far more than $200 million.
They are playing $112.000 per acre when the land content of ~500 sq metre blocks (under the 630 sq m dual occupancy sub division size) to the north around South Oakleigh are around the $500k mark.
Coteries, members and supporters plus bequests?
You had better not come to Perth.The 90 km/h limit would work if it was done correctly - all trucks staying the left bloody lane like they are legally meant to do. Instead they scatter across all the lanes and bugger it up for everyone. A few years ago I drove through France and Italy and they have a similar split limit (130 km/h for cars and 110 km/h for trucks) and it worked really well because trucks are smart enough to stay in the right (over there) lane and you just overtake them calmly when you are approaching one. It all works because everyone drives the way they should. Expecting common sense from Australian motorists though is a fools errand. Every time I hear people advocating for 130 km/h roads in this country I think - yeah that's an awesome idea, but not when you add Australian drivers into the mix.
Most drivers would have learnt to drive when the city had half the population it does now.You had better not come to Perth.
If you think Vic drivers are bad, you need to see WA drivers, there is no comparison.
Cant merge, think they own the road, think its their right to make sure no one does 1km/h over the speed limit. They are dangerous.
I regularly ride a motorbike in Indonesia, Malaysia & Thailand but would never ever ride one in Perth, not even for money. Its bad enough in a car
This is true. I didn't mean future Hawthorn coaches but coaches of Hawthorn origin.It is far healthier for our future coaches to do their apprenticeship at other clubs under approved ex-hawks assistants e.g. Mitchell - Simpson, rather then suffer the horrendous intellectual and conceptual inbreeding with its crippling amplification of existing flaws, that one sees in a piteous case like Buckley where staying at the same club has produced a remtarded coach devoid of vision and incapable of even recognising modern football, let alone adapting to it and hence incapable of any innovation whatsoever.
Most drivers would have learnt to drive when the city had half the population it does now.
The merging situation is the highlight of Perth traffic. I used to live near the Claisebrook side of the Polly Pipe. Traffic would flow fine across the bridge until the on ramp right by the station. There was never any reason for the traffic to bank up round the corner. Argh, so frustrating memories. //close rant
Why is the land so cheap then? Ii is at least valid for commercial development now.
I spoke to Tim Silvers (HFC chief of finance) after the AGM and asked him about external funding. He said early talks with the AFL looks like about $5m from them, as that's what they put in for the Collingwood and Geelong developments. He said it helps to have Newbold on the other side of the fence. He did confirm that the State Gov would also contribute, given the community aspect of the development. Didn't say how much.St Kilda got 12mill from the government to redevelop Moorabbin, if they are given that much, there must be a way the get something from them also. (Having said that, I'm not a super fan of getting money from the government)
He did also say however, that there was some interest from AFLHQ in the AFL somehow retaining Waverley.
I live in Europe. Not merging correctly is a social faux pas that incurs much honking and finger signing if disobeyed. The rules here in the Netherlands is when you want to live here as an Australian you must apply for your license from scratch—unless your a rich expat, then they have a clause to allow you to get around based on your salary. Anyway, a big part of the test is actually merging on the freeway. I wasn't even allowed on the freeway as a learner when I got my license in Australia. Sorry, this is way off Dingley, I guess I have some seriously suppressed road rage.You should never complain about Australian drivers until you have driven Ion Asian or European roads.
I live in Europe. Not merging correctly is a social faux pas that incurs much honking and finger signing if disobeyed. The rules here in the Netherlands is when you want to live here as an Australian you must apply for your license from scratch—unless your a rich expat, then they have a clause to allow you to get around based on your salary. Anyway, a big part of the test is actually merging on the freeway. I wasn't even allowed on the freeway as a learner when I got my license in Australia. Sorry, this is way off Dingley, I guess I have some seriously suppressed road rage.
Yeah, it was about the 90km/h limit for trucks. I currently don't own a car, I use a bike for everything, so I don't wait in traffic. It got me thinking, I wonder if someone would be able to sue the roads department for loss of income.Then it's best just to let it go.
In Thailand, where you drive on the left, road rage is almost non existent. I have only seen two cases in 20 tears, but you constantly face on coming motor bikes, and sometimes car coming on your side of the road. and there is absolutely no respect for traffic lights or rules. I think we got onto this subject because of someone complaining about Aussie drivers.
Hawthorn are good at not merging thoughI live in Europe. Not merging correctly is a social faux pas that incurs much honking and finger signing if disobeyed. The rules here in the Netherlands is when you want to live here as an Australian you must apply for your license from scratch—unless your a rich expat, then they have a clause to allow you to get around based on your salary. Anyway, a big part of the test is actually merging on the freeway. I wasn't even allowed on the freeway as a learner when I got my license in Australia. Sorry, this is way off Dingley, I guess I have some seriously suppressed road rage.
Hawthorn are good at not merging though
No we don'tBut Hawthorn has only not merged once.
They need more merging opportunities.
Hawthorn proved they know how not to merge when totally unnessesary. They only needed 1 lessonBut Hawthorn has only not merged once.
They need more merging opportunities.