Opinion New AFC HQ: We're on like Donkey Kong!

[Dirty Bird]

I don’t get people complaining about noise. I live 40 metres from a football club. They train 4 days a week, they have light towers, they have matches every second week, they host the GF with crowds of 10k, they allow cars in the ground and in 17 years I have heard **** all.

No wait, if I am in the front yard I might hear a cheer or a car horn but I’d be outside. I k ow I’d easily sleep through a days football

Yep, I used to live across the road from Norwood Oval, would only ever hear anything if my window was open for fresh air, and there was a southerly helping the noise carry.

 

[MatthewB]

Yep, I used to live across the road from Norwood Oval, would only ever hear anything if my window was open for fresh air, and there was a southerly helping the noise carry.

i used to live down the road from the Bay oval, it was the same, would only hear if the windows or door was open

 

[PeterSalt]

Interesting aerial photo of the Brickworks and Thebarton Oval in 1938. King's Park didn't exist. Not a tree in sight

 

[chazwazza]

Interesting aerial photo of the Brickworks and Thebarton Oval in 1938. King's Park didn't exist. Not a tree in sight

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And?

 

[George Kramer]

And?

Trees grow

 

[FR0GGY]

Interesting aerial photo of the Brickworks and Thebarton Oval in 1938. King's Park didn't exist. Not a tree in sight

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3 cars on south road! They were the days!

 

[Checksider]

How about that new AFC Headquarters…

 

[flashcrow]

New Facility Update​

https://www.afc.com.au/news/1590524/new-facility-update

 

[kirky]

Interesting aerial photo of the Brickworks and Thebarton Oval in 1938. King's Park didn't exist. Not a tree in sight

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Interestingly, the lack of trees in general everywhere in this photograph.

If you look at Adelaide now from Windy Point or Mt Lofty, you notice the higher level of green coverage across the plains.

 

[PeterSalt]

Interestingly, the lack of trees in general everywhere in this photograph.

If you look at Adelaide now from Windy Point or Mt Lofty, you notice the higher level of green coverage across the plains.

I imagine most of the native vegetation was cut down and used for firewood, fencing, building etc in the early days of the colony

 

[kirky]

I imagine most of the native vegetation was cut down and used for firewood, fencing, building etc in the early days of the colony

Good point.

 

[1970crow]

I asked that question and was told that SANFL are building on the western side. We own the other building so we will sell it probably to developers.

We don’t own the land, we have nothing to sell.

 

[Nicks_out_now]

I imagine most of the native vegetation was cut down and used for firewood, fencing, building etc in the early days of the colony

And now we have climate change. Those selfish bastards.

 

[FR0GGY]

We don’t own the land, we have nothing to sell.

Just the value of vacating early.

 

[GrommoT]

Just the value of vacating early.

Maybe we don't get that anymore?

We might be vacating early but in comes the SANFL so it's not being vacated early.

 

[FR0GGY]

Maybe we don't get that anymore?

We might be vacating early but in comes the SANFL so it's not being vacated early.

Aren’t they building on the western side?

 

[Dc9798]

Aren’t they building on the western side?

Yes they are, in front of the Mosaic Hotel / X-Golf complex.