Another week and another shark has been caught off the popular Henley Beach. Whilst these are amazing stories, it is alarming that these sharks are getting that close to the shoreline which could potentially put someone's life at risk. But it's not hard to work out why sharks are coming into shallo...

Wouldn't it be cheaper to expand existing detention centers, and provide more funding to process these people faster and send home those who aren't legitimate refugees?

This one should have been changed to SWP/UC? a while ago, there's plenty of houses up at the former Actil site. First residents have also moved in already. And work at the Cheltenham site has well and truly begun at the Cheltenham racecourse site. Saw a few excavators on site last week. Nearmap conf...

Among examples of government-sponsored development of the Park Lands over the years there have been Adelaide High School, the National Wine Centre, Next Gen and recently the new RAH. No-one mentions the value of the land beneath these developments. It's not free land, despite the view of some polit...

Maybe you just don't pay attention to other cyclists because they look normal, and the lycra is just more noticeable. I'm not blind. In the case of riding in groups, then it's completely legal to ride 2 abreast, with one cyclist in the car lane. 2 a breast? If they were 2 abreast, the second bike w...

Massive generalisation. The majority of cyclists are not lycra clad roadies, and the majority of cyclists do ride within the law. You don't call all motorists 'hoons' because you come across a moron or two each week driving dangerously in suped up V8s. Believe me, no cyclist prefers riding in the c...

The Australian Dollar is almost at parity with the US Dollar in nearly 30 years. It's predicted to be 1 for 1 by Christmas. http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1422/aususd.png Obviously not good for our exporters. How does this affect our miners in particular? Do they sell at fixed rates/prices? But ...

Shouldn't this be in the pub? So where are cyclists supposed to ride once you leave the metropolitan area then, if we were to ban bikes on 80kph+ roads? What's lunacy is the blame-the-victim mentality whenever a cyclist is killed by a car/truck. Whats lunacy, is the arrogance and recklessness of the...

Not overly important but i would like to point out that the Collins Class was a new design, designed by ASC with the assistance of an overseas designer. it was based on an existing Swedish design, but was adapted to meet the vastly different operating environment experienced in Aussie waters. simil...

However, in line with the demands of the protesters who took NIMBY politics to a new level, Clipsal buildings are temporary; put up and taken down each year during a nine-month period. Amazing, but a fact Bullshit. A nine month period. It would be a 6 month period at the most. Our events & fest...

Out of interest, where will the drop-in pitches at AO be kept and how will they be slid there? Oval no. 2 will be bought up to first class standard and the pitches will be prepared there. Melbournes had alot of practice and learnt from past mistakes, experts will be consulting as to how is the most...

That entity could be described as one of the world's great urban parks, on a par with Central Park in New York or London's great urban parks. Bollocks. There is nothing great about the parklands that surround the CBD. Certainly not on a global scale that would make them comparable to Central Park b...

Is it just me or does this thread seem very quiet on what has always been a contentious and debatable issue within these forums? Where's everyone jumping up and down with messages of praise? Having said that, I'll believe it when I see it. People have day jobs. Big deal anyway, at this stage it see...

Sorry to drag up the WC thing again, but I was looking at the Australiabid.com.au site for the WC, and under the stadiums list the Adelaide Oval pitch looks rather rectangular. http://www.australiabid.com.au/resources.ashx/SystemRadControlAssets/43/Name/ADB9CF0C2ED13FC441A9B14E6D9A89A4/Adelaide_Oval...

Preliminary work started today I believe in and around the Regency Road intersection, and will last till some time in January. 9am to 4pm daily. They'll be moving thing's like over heard power lines underground and what not, in preparation for actual work on the superway. Perhaps site works progress...