We could have our very own Vasa museum.
Several different parties claiming to be the ones that were going to restore it spent so much time arguing with each other for so many years, it just fell apart in front of everyoneâs eyes. I went out almost exactly a year ago to take some photos and it looked a wreck.
Someone official would need to step in and do it properly, these restoration groups who were fighting over it were hopeless.
At least the front stayed on.
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It was built according to maritime standards for crew - at least 1 person. Reports say 2 people were on board.
I know it had been falling into disrepair for a while, but if it sprung a leak, how on earth has it managed to disintegrate like it had been hit by a torpedo? Surely it wasnât made of cardboard or cardboard derivatives. Perhaps they had to patch the whole with paper mache.
Maybe it was sabotage? With so many groups fighting over what to do with it, maybe one was like âFuck it, if we donât get our way, nobody willâ.
Maybe it was French DGSE agents, trying to prevent Greenpeace taking it.
Japanese midget sub captained by a guy who didnât realise the war was over torpedoed it.
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Water is very heavy. Once it got inside it would have started collapsing walls very quickly in a vessel that old. Once it took out a few compartments, it would have moved the centre of buoyancy very quickly, forcing it to tip and accelerating the process.
Part of a ships response to a serious leak is to ditch anything not nailed down or mission critical.
Stop running into things Rhys!
The old Dundas station on the former Carlingford Line as it was before line closure, and as it is now being adapted for light rail. Iâm glad they kept the old heritage station building, thatâs a nice touch.
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Did they bring it down, or raise the tracks up?
Good question, I havenât actually been out there myself to sleuth it out. Last time I was there was just after they announced the line was closing, I went and took pictures of each station.
I would guess they have raised the track level for the light rail though.
yeah looks like they raised it up. In general train lines etc. have risk for asbestos contamination, so would be easier to just bury everything in concrete
For the longest time I looked forward to the George Street Light Rail opening, even went to the opening day and all.
I went to the city on the weekend for lunch at Barangaroo getting off at Wynyard station and walking the underground tunnel.
It was pretty bustling despite what the news reports say about state of retail and hospitality. After lunch we walked to Circular Quay and then jumped on the light rail to town hall to catch the train back home.
Itâs a little sad how the light rail opening coincided with the COVID pandemic but the city is a much more pleasant place as a weekend destination and I canât wait to be back regularly for Sydney FC games.
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I do love using the new light rail but I feel like it is most useful from Central out to Moore Park and beyond. Itâs so fast it is fantastic.
From Central down to Circular Quay, itâs too overloaded with stops too close together. I feel like too many people lobbied for stops built next to their financial interest and overloaded that part of the line.
I usually walk between Town Hall and Circular Quay, but the light rail is a handy bad weather alternative.
George street between town hall and Circular Quay along the tram lines is really good now. Really great part of the city. Some good looking buildings. A nice section of the light rail
Interesting time to check this thread.
I visited Sydney/home recently for the first time in 4 years and for the first time since the completion of the George st light rail.
And whilst I was initially enthusiastic about it, I felt that its completely taken the pulse out of the city. It reminded me of walking down the Rundle Mall in Adelaide, and Crown St Mall Wollongong. It was just sterile and lifeless.
There is something about the chaos of traffic and noise that just makes a city exciting, and I think Sydney lost a big part of that.
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To be fair, while i donât disagree with regard to the chaos the traffic brings to a genuinely big city, the lockdown/COVID situation has made the city feel like a ghost town at times in the last two years
Possibly as contributing factor?
No itâs lifeless because Omicron has people scared, and mobility stats have us closer to peak lockdown than to normal.
Traffic and noise only makes a city shit. The best cities fuck off car dependence.
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Iâll chip in & say that I reckon itâs down to omicronâs shadow-lockdown too. Once weâre truly post-covid, I trust weâll see the life return.
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Seemed lively enough when i was there in november.
There are countless lovely cities and towns in Italy that have been ruined by cars.