Sounds like a bit of Urban Renewal, a la Mitchell Park, to me. You'll probably find at least double the number of homes going back in there. While I can see the benefits of medium density housing only 8km from the city, a part of me pines for the old 1/4 acre (1000 sqare metres for those of you born...

Murray Bridge isn't designated to become anything bigger than it already is. Its services and size accomodate adequatly for the area surrounding it. Focus on the growth of Mount Barker, Elizabeth, Noarlunga, Victor Harbor, Port Lincoln, Mount Gambier and Port Augusta/Roxby Downs. These are the regi...

Marty has just been over to Perth and checked out their De-Sal plant. Without too much background research (obviously) he states "...Because the Premier and his ministers failed to move on desalination when they should have, costs have almost certainly risen and a desalination plant for Adelaid...

Origin Energy is going to build a new gas-fired power generator on Torrens Island. From today's Advertiser: New $80m generator CRAIG BILDSTIEN May 10, 2007 12:00pm ORIGIN Energy is to build a new $80 million gas-fired generator at Torrens Island - a move that could lead to cheaper power bills, the c...

A casualty of the Newport Quays Development from today's Advertiser: Port fish processing alarm MICHAEL OWEN, Political Reporter May 10, 2007 01:30pm THE future of the commercial fishing industry in Adelaide will be devastated unless access is granted to a parcel of waterfront land at Port Adelaide ...

I disagree with the notion that they planned it badly. I don't think they planned it badly, especially from their point of view. They planned it to accommodate a suburb of professionals who would generally be using cars, and those people have been attracted to the suburb. In this day and age, howev...

Mawson Lakes is a poor example of urban planning simply because it turns its back on the train line while favouring Main North Road. The central area should have been built around the interchange, rather than it being in an empty field. Very true, I don't quite understand how Delfin were allowed to...

The equinoxes and solstices are the way Nature works, and the way the seasons work in every country in the world except Australia. I am all for 6 months of daylight saving and 6 months without. Some of the arguments I have heard against it are ridiculous. Creating even more time zones in Australia f...

A bit of beautification wouldn't go astray though. Edging roads with gutters, maybe filling some of the grand canyons that exist along the older roadways! Yes, this is one of the great pitys about Murray Bridge. It's a place with so much potential, if it was a bit more attractive there would be so ...

I can envisage a high-speed train between Murray Bridge, Mount Barker and Adelaide for all the commuters. :D And what route would it take? Cos there's no way the current route could handle a high speed train, and no-one's going to spend the kind of money required for a high speed rail route through...

[quote="shuza"]Muzza Bizza sounds like one of those words those derelict kids say to try and 'be cool' when roaming the streets at night. quote]

...hmmm....Muzza Bizza....Shuza......yeah, you could have something there.....

I would like to see those stumps retained and included as a (non-strucural) part of a new recreational wharf. Why not mix a bit of the old in with the new?

Outer CBDs is definately the way to go. As for no-one wanting to live near the industrial areas, if that's where they work, they'll want to live close - not next door to the factory, but not too far away either. Imagine a mini-CBD at, say, Elizabeth (it's almost one now), which had tram and rail lin...

I heard a chap talking on the radio a couple of days ago about the pulp mill and climate change. He stated that the amount of air pollution caused by the pulp mill will affect the capability of the clouds passing overhead to produce rain, which the clouds would normally drop on the Victorian Alps as...

Looking at the projected populations for Murray Bridge and Mount Barker - that's around 60,000 people, with vehicular access to Adelaide Airport via the freeway and arterial roads of about an hour to an hour and a half. From memory Ballarat currently has a population of around 70,000 people and is a...