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river Forums Junkie Location: Land of Oz Registered: June 2004	The Adelaide Journal Wed, 07 September 2005 04:18 Hi, Well, here I am again, you're roving, intrepid Toymodder who has planted himself into the City of Churches. Here's a few things I have noticed so far in my short time in this salubrious city.... Sport They have AFL, AFL and more AFL. I fear than when the AFL season is over that 3 radio stations, 2 newspapers and 1 TV station will have to close down 'cos they'd have nothing to report. There are 2 teams over here - The Crows and Port. It seems that supporters do not like each other. However, there appears to be a general dislike for Mebournian teams. Well, actually I just think that, in general, Adelaidians don't like much about Melbourne. Traffic Still looking around to see a traffic jam. One day, in the evening peak 5-minutes I saw some cars stop for a few seconds before moving on. I love the roads over here and the few (compared to Sydney) cars. However, not many drivers seem to understand how roundabouts work, moreso than Syndey drivers. Over here they go through the speed humps so quick that you often hear the car scrape and complain. I find this amusing. Zebra crossings seem to mean nothing to the average Adelaidian driver and their use of the indicator when turning is almost non-existent. Shops The shops are pretty good - when you can find them. The shops in the city are quite good and they have a lot of boutique shops as opposed to chains of similar shops all selling the same stuff. Public Transport I have only been on the buses and they run well and seem pretty clean. I've taken about a dozen trips on the same bus and have yet to pay the same fare. I think the driver makes it up as he goes. But I can't complain, the prices are pretty reasonable and the service actually arrives and departs on schedule. Sharks Sharks are a big thing over here. So big in fact that when someone gets eaten by a shark it can get to the 2nd page of the newspaper (after the AFL stories of course). I've been told that being in Dulwich, which is some few kays from the beach, has yet to experience a shark attack and therefore I regard myself as relatively safe. I do dip my hat to the ballsy swimmers over here who continue to swim at the local beachs without a shark net, even though the area is renowned for being "Great White" territory. Cars Hehehehehe. A few nice cars, but a lot of older shitboxes. I seem to see a lot of older Honda Civics - and I'm talking about the real old ones that were cute and had the metal bumpers. Hoons Quite a few around. The thing that gets me is when these boofheads rev their engines, play loud doof-doof, scream the tyres or let their pop-off blow loudly, everyone nearby looks at them with a semi-impressed expression. In Sydney you just shake your head and laugh at these clowns or don't even bother to look at them. I think that over time the locals will adopt the same nonchalance. Goths Marvellous stuff! They gather and congregate around Rundle St Mall and I think that's grand. We used to have large numbers of milling Goths in Sydney about ten years ago. I'm not sure if the plethora of Goths over here is 'cos Adleiade is sorta ten years behind in this thing, or if Adelaide is still small enough to allow easy transport so the Goths can gather in one place. Houses I love the local houses and their gardens. There's some really, really cool and big old places that look fantastic. I'd like to own such a house. Their gardens are usually well kept with lots of bushes and trees and heaps of great birds. I haven't seen a Willy Wagtail in Sydney for years, but they're over here and gee I like them. Most houses seem to have a carport and use the garage as a workshop. Churches Crikey, Mother of God, they do have a lot of churches around here. It takes me 12 minutes to walk to work and I pass 6 of the mothers! I can't say they're nice looking churches where I am. Blandish buildings with the occasional stain-glass window. I got to go elsewhere to check out the more grand cathedrals. Mind you, the local churches ring their bells on Sunday and I find this rather quaint and satisfying. For those that watch WWE Smackdown, one of the bells a sounds like the Undertaker's bells and I get a smile out of that. Also, the churches in my area are never packed - nor are their car parks. I suppose that's what happens when you have so many churches that each congregation will be relatively small. Well, that's enough racontering (spell) from me. I'll be back in Sydney this weekend to get my fill of NRL and to annoy the bejesus out of the family. seeyuzz river [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	The Adelaide Journal	river	Wed, 07 September 2005 04:18
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	bubbles	Wed, 07 September 2005 04:30
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	rob_RA40	Wed, 07 September 2005 04:32
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	river	Wed, 07 September 2005 05:05
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	MR 1JZ	Wed, 07 September 2005 05:13
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	bubbles	Wed, 07 September 2005 07:43
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	hamgatan	Wed, 07 September 2005 08:00
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	bubbles	Wed, 07 September 2005 12:04
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	Corona RT142	Wed, 07 September 2005 04:34
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	hamgatan	Wed, 07 September 2005 05:26
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	river	Wed, 07 September 2005 06:01
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	customSA63	Wed, 07 September 2005 06:44
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	river	Wed, 07 September 2005 06:54
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	customSA63	Wed, 07 September 2005 06:58
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	oldcorollas	Wed, 07 September 2005 08:12
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	MR 1JZ	Wed, 07 September 2005 15:20
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	oldcorollas	Wed, 07 September 2005 15:45
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	lang	Wed, 07 September 2005 18:31
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	EnFlaMEd	Thu, 08 September 2005 09:19
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	river	Thu, 08 September 2005 10:58
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	river	Fri, 09 September 2005 06:40
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	jonchai	Sat, 10 September 2005 12:19
	Re: The Adelaide Journal	jonchai	Fri, 09 September 2005 15:55
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