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Sunday Selections #144

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Welcome back to Sunday Selections! This once-a- week-meme was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, as a way to showcase some of the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs. Kim spends more time writing at The Shake these days. The rules are very simple:- 1. post photos of your choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title 2. link back to me, River , somewhere in your post 3. leave me a comment so that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted. 4. hop on over to The Elephant’s Child to see more of her wonderful photos. Kath and Andrew often join in as well, although Kath has been quite busy lately and unable to join us. Where are you Kath? We miss you. There are several other participants now though: Jackie K at Working Through It Gillie at Random Thoughts From Abroad I usually go with a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week I have some more construction p...

what's new in Adelaide?

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well, we're building ourselves a new hospital .....want to see? Here we go then..... cranes and formwork, slabs of poured and set concrete..... doesn't look much like a hospital yet..... but it sure is big . all this in space that used to be rail lines. Don't worry Jayne, the trains are still running. and what's that big blocky looking thing over to the side with the communications towers on it? That's our brand spanking new, not open for business yet, SAHMRI. what's a SAHMRI? I'll show you...... this is a SAHMRI and here's what it looks like>>> very modern, state of the art even, although I'm not exactly sure just what state of the art means.... I've heard people saying they don't like it, but I do. I like it very much. reminds me of a pineapple . all those angled bits are window shades. I saw these men on TV a few days after I took these photos, so now I know what they are doing. Sea...