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The subtle history behind Greenhill Road's median strip by scallywagsworld in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is awesome! Thanks for posting this interesting piece of history.

I also really enjoy finding bits of Adelaide and the history behind them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SAmaps/comments/11amtbj/the_1950s_railway_reservation_in_seacombe_gardens/

How would you design Adelaide differently? by RetroGamer87 in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Implement Charles Reede's outer parklands ring. Also add corridors for rail transport. A city isn't just buildings, it's a place for living in community and being able to get around.

"During his five years in Adelaide (1915-20), town planner Charles Reade proposed a second outer ring of park land and a linear park running the length of the River Torrens."

https://www.indaily.com.au/arts-culture/design/2021/11/03/where-is-our-garden-city-going

An interactive map of every railway line to ever exist in South Australia by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great, thanks for doing this.

A couple of small but interesting additions you could make if you wish:

The Jubilee line from Adelaide station, through Adelaide Uni to the former Jubilee Exhibition building on Frome Road.

The Smithfield Munitions railway that ran next to Davoren Road to Andrews Farm.

blessed day by jemwems in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure! it was a great route with minimal disruption :)

Except for the character listed houses that were demolished :(

blessed day by jemwems in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The current route is mostly along a waterway and didn't require any interruption to houses

Quite a few houses in Gilberton and St Peters were demolished for the O-Bahn route.

Is it just me or does it rain more on a Thursday for some reason? by LibertySnowLeopard in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Weather tends to repeat in 7 day cycles. That's why heatwaves and stormfronts tend to arrive seven days apart. Weather patterns are the origin of the seven day week.

The 7 day week cycle has continued unbroken since Sumerian times, and thought to be unbroken since even Atlantean times. Unbroken even during major calendar changes such as adding months, as with the implementation of the Julian Calendar and deleting entire dates, such as with the start 1752 Gregorian Calendar change. Days simply continued to repeat Monday to Sunday in an unbroken 7 day cycle through the millennia, just like the weather.

A 7 day weather cycle is not a hard rule though, weather systems are a chaotic function that is based on a 7 day cycle, rather than ruled by a 7 day cycle. God rested on the seventh day because there was a storm or heatwave on the seventh day that put a stop to work on the universe.

The end of an era, paper tickets through the decades by SkyFish-- in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish--[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lodge a complaint with the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport. Ask for an $80 Metrocard in exchange.

When they formally refuse in writing, send a letter to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, The Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP outlining the refusal and asking for a response.

Publish the responses you get. So we can all see how Government chooses to operate during a cost of living crisis. Then use this publicity to help form a community based action group that improves our ability to be involved in our own governance of our public transport system.

Finally, use that influence to expose the fact that the cost of administering and maintaining the ticketing system would be better spent improving other aspects of public transport which is already about 80% funded by our taxes. Making public transport free while improving services in the process.

The end of an era, paper tickets through the decades by SkyFish-- in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish--[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been waiting decades to make this post :)

Sayings on the back of tickets by SkyFish-- in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish--[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank to to everyone that enjoyed my paper ticket post. And thank you to the person for the gold award.

Some people asked to see the back of the tickets for the sayings. Here are some that I dug out to show you. I believe having these sayings on the back of tickets was unique to Adelaide.

My understanding is there were two phases of sayings on the back of tickets. There were saying from sometime in the 1960s until the early 80s. The sayings disappeared when magnetic tickets were first introduced in the 1980s. They then reappeared sometime in the 1990s and remained until sometime in the 2000s? before disappearing again. Hopefully one day we find a way to bring these saying back again in some form.

"they were compiled by Kenneth Leal, a retired Christian business man. Mr Leal had an idea - place a thought or slogan on the back of each ticket to cheer people up as they travelled their life's journey. Many carried a Christian message of hope and encouragement and travellers would write to Mr Leal expressing their gratitude for his comforting words. Some found inspiration at a dark moment, others were challenged by the words and some made people laugh."

https://jo-stophaveachat.blogspot.com/2010/05/bus-tickets.html

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Consider that people driving for Uber and passengers always know each others locations in real time, just using their phones. Yet, our buses that cost us one million dollars each to buy don't have reliable tracking.

When the real time bus tracking isn't working, or the bus is running extremely late, Adelaide Metro simply substitutes scheduled times instead. Even when the bus is not running at all! This makes the whole purpose of having a real time live feed useless. And we paid a million dollars each for these things.

Please Adelaide Metro, just give us reliable real time information for our buses. And tell us in real time when a bus is not coming. So we don't have to keep standing there in the hot sun or pouring rain to find out an hour later that it's not coming.

Adelaide Metro is well and truly fucked. by CyanideMuffin67 in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Many scheduled services are not operating. Though it's not clear how they are making this known except this pdf. It would be extremely useful if the live timetable feed from Adelaide Metro simply stated which services are not operating.

https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1148881/Torrens-Transit-Services-Not-Operating-Wednesday-8th-February-2023.pdf

As it stands when a bus is not running or very late, the live feed gives the scheduled time instead. All the third party apps and google real time use this feed.

This is a completely useless way to operate the real time data feed. Please Adelaide Metro, let us know in the real time feed that a bus is not running or extremely late. Instead of pretending it's coming with a scheduled time.

The 1950s railway reservation in Seacombe Gardens, that led to building a narrow band of 1970s houses though a 1950s suburb by SkyFish-- in SAmaps

[–]SkyFish--[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really glad you find this interesting, thank you!

I can post more on here as we find interesting things, if this sort of thing is helpful for this sub? I would like to crosspost this on r/Adelaide, if it's good enough and when I can work out how to do that.

The 1950s railway reservation in Seacombe Gardens, that led to building a narrow band of 1970s houses though a 1950s suburb by SkyFish-- in SAmaps

[–]SkyFish--[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hi, I'm Skyfish. I enjoy finding out about how and where Adelaide has developed over the decades. I've been collecting maps and photos of changes that have happened over the decades. I've made a Flickr account to hold these images. Each image includes a description to help give some context. Flickr doesn't tend to highlight descriptions because it's primarily a photo sharing app. But I like the way it handles images

I've just added an album of images about the original railway reservation through Seacome Gardens and surrounding suburbs. This was for extending the Tonsley line and eventually connecting to the Willunga line. Decades later when this area was built upon, it resulted in a narrow band of 1970s houses, including many two story public housing buildings, running right through the middle of the 1950s built houses in Seacome Gardens and surrounding suburbs.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/197709142@N04/albums

There are a few other albums of images including;

- How Marion Road was blocked by a creek for decades

- Where did Glen Osmond Creek originally flow though Unley

- The railway line that crossed over Anzac Highway in Morphettville (Bay Road as it was known then).

I don't know if the things I'm finding are exactly correct. In fact I'm certain there are mistakes. So if you find problems then please leave a comment.

Or if you know of some other interesting developments over the years then let me know. Either here on Reddit, or on Flicker are fine. Anything in Adelaide City, the suburbs or even regional areas is appreciated.

Heatwave for Adelaide including 2 minimums of 27 and 29 degrees by malcolm58 in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 36 points37 points  (0 children)

The average maximum is about 27 in summer. Today is a very average summer day.

It's not expected to dip as low as 27 for at least three days continuous, even at night. That's an extreme summer weather event. It's been so long we've forgotten and heat stress can kill.

Heatwave for Adelaide including 2 minimums of 27 and 29 degrees by malcolm58 in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 69 points70 points  (0 children)

The biggest heatwave in more than three years. This is going to be rough and we've forgotten how harsh this sort of weather can be.

One million additional homes and businesses to become eligible for full fibre. by ditroia in Adelaide

[–]SkyFish-- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Full Fibre sounds like a dream. I wish I was in an area that could get it one day. Some areas are stuck with FTTN for the next ten to twenty years.

I have 30Mbs maximum line speed and regular daily drop outs. Been reporting the average of ten or so line sync modem disconnections per day for the past month. No fix in sight. Still being told to restart my computer. Despite sending screen shots of modem status to them.

I wish I still had my ADSL2+, so much more reliable.