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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Booney » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:16 pm

All the Port's pubs being open
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby amber_fluid » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:26 pm

Booney wrote:All the Port's pubs being open


How good was a pub crawl 30 years ago through there.
You did well to get to everyone after a couple of pints at each.
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Booney » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:27 pm

amber_fluid wrote:
Booney wrote:All the Port's pubs being open


How good was a pub crawl 30 years ago through there.
You did well to get to everyone after a couple of pints at each.


Just read how the Commercial has closed down.
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby amber_fluid » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:31 pm

Booney wrote:
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Booney wrote:All the Port's pubs being open


How good was a pub crawl 30 years ago through there.
You did well to get to everyone after a couple of pints at each.


Just read how the Commercial has closed down.


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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Booney » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:36 pm

Miss Viet and the Commercial closed Fossils / Korked in new hands, the Admiral barely open, the Colac development going at snails pace, the Rydges on the Wharf looks like it's not going ahead. Tough times in the Port and it seems like the endless 10 year cycle is about to hit rock bottom again.
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby amber_fluid » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:48 pm

Booney wrote:Miss Viet and the Commercial closed Fossils / Korked in new hands, the Admiral barely open, the Colac development going at snails pace, the Rydges on the Wharf looks like it's not going ahead. Tough times in the Port and it seems like the endless 10 year cycle is about to hit rock bottom again.


I really can’t see it moving forward unless a a big international developer picks up most of the projects and has state government funding also.
It looks like there’s no vision with it.
Most pubs are doing it tough in that area of the Port is my understanding and being to a couple lately on Saturday nights I can see why
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby amber_fluid » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:51 pm

Booney wrote:Miss Viet and the Commercial closed Fossils / Korked in new hands, the Admiral barely open, the Colac development going at snails pace, the Rydges on the Wharf looks like it's not going ahead. Tough times in the Port and it seems like the endless 10 year cycle is about to hit rock bottom again.


Ah the Colac!
Saw my first topless waitresses and strippers there as a 15 year old back in the day!
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Booney » Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:57 pm

amber_fluid wrote:
Booney wrote:Miss Viet and the Commercial closed Fossils / Korked in new hands, the Admiral barely open, the Colac development going at snails pace, the Rydges on the Wharf looks like it's not going ahead. Tough times in the Port and it seems like the endless 10 year cycle is about to hit rock bottom again.


I really can’t see it moving forward unless a a big international developer picks up most of the projects and has state government funding also.
It looks like there’s no vision with it.
Most pubs are doing it tough in that area of the Port is my understanding and being to a couple lately on Saturday nights I can see why


The state government built the Services SA building down there trying to get people into the Port, the two Quest apartments are part of 120 apartment complexes around Australia, the Rydges was meant to be moving towards the sky now but hasn't scratched the dirt.

The AUKUS deal has never been more important to the Le Fevre.
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby whufc » Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:41 pm

Not that this matters or not but i was down the Port a month ago for the first time in about 10 years. Had a nice healthy breakfast at some cool food joint...was a good morning.

What surprised me however was the lack of visual allegiance to Port Power there was except for when we got to Alberton Oval for the meeting we were at.

Like i said it may be a turn off for people rather than assist but for some reason i just thought they may have tried to really embrace being the home of an AFL club but never got a sense for any of that whilst down there apart from the odd black and white frontage on a building.

Maybe they have deliberately stayed away from that part.
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby wenchbarwer » Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:41 pm

You know you're nearing 50 when you remember that the Port was supposed to be our version of Fremantle
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby amber_fluid » Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:54 pm

wenchbarwer wrote:You know you're nearing 50 when you remember that the Port was supposed to be our version of Fremantle


We do tend to talk about projects here in Adelaide as opposed to making them happen like other states.
It’s sad really.

Mali is doing a great job but we’re miles behind the other states.
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Jimmy_041 » Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:23 pm

amber_fluid wrote:
wenchbarwer wrote:You know you're nearing 50 when you remember that the Port was supposed to be our version of Fremantle


We do tend to talk about projects here in Adelaide as opposed to making them happen like other states.
It’s sad really.

Mali is doing a great job but we’re miles behind the other states.


Yeah - he (or more probably his media twerps) tends to jump on the quick fix small stuff for sugar hits

Big renewal projects like Port Adelaide would take some planning
One would think / hope they have got something in the pipline
Considering the Boudicea status of Susan Close, I reckon they would be looking at it
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Brodlach » Wed Feb 05, 2025 6:31 pm

They’ll be in power for the next decade, things will happen.

I reckon they have plenty of other things at the front of the queue before the Port development
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby tnt » Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:50 am

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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Jimmy_041 » Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:38 am

tnt wrote:St Patricks Day Street Party at the Brecknock Hotel.


Do miss it :(

I'm surprised the Chinese Restaurant hasn't done a rip off of it
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Spargo » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:52 pm

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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby am Bays » Sat Jul 26, 2025 3:22 pm

The blackboards at the British where you could write graffiti

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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby gadj1976 » Sun Jul 27, 2025 9:18 pm

Sorry, I can't be bothered searching the thread.

Does anyone else remember the 'tube' that used to sit on the River Torrens, that was essentially a blow up tube in the shape of a three sided square with an entrance and entry on the bank of the Torrens - from memory it was clear on the top half and light blue on the bottom half. You paid money (well, my parents did) and you got to run through it and bounce off the walls. At the time, it was great fun - for the four minutes or so it lasted! And I recall there were people in there making sure we didn't run backwards. Forward motion only!
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Re: You know you're nearing 50 in Adelaide, when you remembe

Postby Pseudo » Sun Jul 27, 2025 10:12 pm

Yep. The Torrens Water Walk. It appeared for the bi-annual Come Out kids festival.

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