20 September 2008

DIY Wotz on guide for the weekend of 19 September

20 September 2008 | johnboy

[First filed: September 18, 2008 @ 08:56]

Apologies for the lack of a photograph this week. I did take one but appear to have mislaid it. Or perhaps the dog et it?

Moving right along Hive-Minders what knowledge can you bring to the table about events worth going out to spend our hard earned discretionary dollars on?

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Overheard7:57 am 21 Sep 08

Superb, Granny. You just can’t make stuff like that up, hey?

I’ve heard it told as a joke many times since, but when I heard it told as a true story many years ago, I nearly coughed up a lung. Some ABC presenters from Melbourne (let’s give them names: The Coodabean Champions) were going to do an outside broadcast in rural Victoria — can’t remember where exactly, but it was on a lake. Anyhoo, they’ve gotten hopelessly lost and though they could see where they were meant to be from across the waterway, they couldn’t work out how to get there, but they had the presence of mind to stop and ask a local how to get to where they needed to be. After some moments of pondering their predicament, the local shook his head and grimly announced, ‘Nah, you can’t get there from here’.

Granny4:03 am 21 Sep 08

*chuckle*

We had a similar experience many years ago in England when we were told to turn where the old mill used to be.

Overheard2:27 am 21 Sep 08

Ah, yeah, whatever (to quote my children). If people are looking for reliable information from whatever source (text or otherwise), then strike “pompousness” and re-insert “accuracy”.

Having circumnavigated this globe once or thrice times over (and you can call that statement “pompous” if you will) then I can tell you in spades that a little inaccuracy goes a long way. Sometimes into neighbouring towns, boroughs, provinces and districts.

el2:22 am 21 Sep 08

Righteo…

Amazing how easily pompousness can come across in a text medium.

Overheard2:14 am 21 Sep 08

I’m guessing that most locals and returning out-of-towners would be looking for the bus that goes up the guts of Commonwealth Avenue and stops where the temporary traffic lights are, as have been, as was the case in the past.

Going out along Constitution Avenue and walking through the underpass is something that would not have occurred to me, though being young at heart and young in the head (and with kiddies that left the stroller/pram a long ago) I would have just as soon walked from town as jumped on a bus. But obviously there are many for whom transport to closer within striking distance is an issue.

el, no offence, but you might want to reacquaint yourself with local geography. ‘Adelaide Avenue’ starts on the south side of Parliament House. The phrase you were possibly looking for is, ‘Commonwealth Avenue’.

sepi8:25 pm 20 Sep 08

Thanks.

I’m betting interstate tourists are not finding these sneaky parks though, or 900 series buses.

johnboy8:12 pm 20 Sep 08

Just across the road from Jamison House, so at the easternmost edge of CIT.

sepi8:05 pm 20 Sep 08

where is the underpass exactly – near the CIT?

johnboy6:25 pm 20 Sep 08

Plenty of parking on Constitution Avenue, then duck through the underpass and a pleasant stroll through commonwealth park.

el5:12 pm 20 Sep 08

Typical ACT govt – spent a mint on planting flowers and on tv ads promoting the event, but don’t put on any busses to get people there.

Apart from all of the 900 series buses (north and southbound) making ‘special’ stops on Adelaide Avenue you mean?

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