Tag Archives: sydney-australia

Peak-hour speed 31kmh

Peak-hour speed 31kmh – National – smh.com.au.
Sydney traffic is this bad.
M5 (the Motorway from my house to the CBD) – peak hour average speed: 34km/h

Put granny in the pool to solve housing shortage

Put granny in the pool to solve housing shortage – National – smh.com.au.
April 1st came early this year.  Obviously this is a joke.

A Map of Broken Promises

KEEPING TRACK.
A Map of Broken Promises from the Sydney Morning Herald’s website – an interactive map of cancelled rail lines.  This state government is very good at making announcements – not so good at paying for them.

Update: Petrol now only an arm and half a leg.

Sydney petrol prices slashed.
$1.169/L this morning at Prestons.

Key Sydney plan redundant: councils

Key Sydney plan redundant: councils – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
Here’s Labor’s Urban Planning Policy

Ram another half a million people into Western Sydney
Build no infrastructure
Telling everyone you’re doing your best
Either move to Coogee, get drunk at a bar in Gosford, or party naked with fellow MPs in between votes, whatever it takes to forget the [...]

Gas price falls below $1 in Nova Scotia

Gas price falls below $1 in Nova Scotia.
I know the AUD is not currently on par with the CDN but compare with this story where the average price in Sydney is at a 12 month low of $1.32.