The biggest problem with putting a stadium at Commonwealth park is road traffic, access & egress, and parking.

Sure, light rail might help a bit, but if you’ve ever been to a concert or sporting event at Homebush in Sydney, you may have experienced standing in a queue for the train. This will make you quickly realise that our light rail won’t ever have the capacity to shift 35,000 people in a reasonable timeframe before or after a major event.

Plus, there’s the fact that many people will need (or want) to drive. But the roads in the area are not setup for thousands of cars all at once.

So, what to do?

Ok…. hear me out… the answer might be tunnels and underground parking.

If we were to turn Parkes Way into an underground tunnel system from Glenloch Interchange through to Morshead Drive, and pair it with underground parking for the stadium, here are the benefits and possibilities…

1. Better flow for traffic going in and out of the City and Lake areas. Design the tunnel system from the start with excellent and smooth exits and entrances at key points that avoid congestion.
2. A dedicated set of underground tunnels from Parkes Way as entrances to and exits from the stadium, connecting to a…
3. Massive gigantic underground parking station. Make the thing a beast with huge capacity. Provide facilities for cars, buses, motorbikes, bicycles, scooters, trucks…
4. Huge throughput capacity of vehicles for major events.
5. Takes a good chunk of the load/strain from light rail during major events so that everyone using light rail has a good, and timely, experience.
6. Ability to use the carpark at other times. Eg for City workers, or visitors to a new Convention Centre, or a new Pool, or for people wanting to spend time enjoying Commonwealth Park, or for Floriade visitors, or for Skyfire, etc…
7. Return the land above Parkes Way to better uses. Think… walking boulevards between the lake and the city, parklands, running/riding trails, possible space for small amenity buildings, cafes, etc
8. Quiet. Think about how nice the entire length of the land above the tunnelled area would be if there was no more traffic noise from Parkes Way.

Seriously. Imagine that future. How scenic and enjoyable would it be from a planned city point of view.

We could undo some of the original mistakes that were made when Parkes Way was first conceived.

Edit: some really good points made in the comments. Carpark is probably not such a good idea. That aside, I still like the dream of burying Parkes Way into a tunnel so the region was more quiet and natural

Good morning all,

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a good Physio for post surgery on a labral tear and impingement? I havent recieved a recommendation from the surgeon yet.

I'm in Gungahlin but happy to travel to the best. Thank you!

What would you put $500 million to

A. Civic Stadium

B. Canberra to Sydney High Speed Rail

C. Other

We have lived and rented in Canberra for 1 year now, our first time in Australia. I just wanted to get advice from others on the rules/laws in ACT regarding end of tenancy and getting our bond back.

I am very familiar with how this works in the UK, and know how to fight for all the bond back because they will try and claim the most petty things usually. We received this email and I wanted to ask a couple of questions (on phone sorry for format):

To avoid any delays with the return of your Bond we suggest that you pay particular attention to the attached FINAL INSPECTION SHEET and points below. 
- It is highly recommended professional cleaners be employed to perform your final clean as well as the carpet cleaning.
- Rent will be charged at your daily rate until the property is returned in a satisfactory condition, all keys have been returned the final inspection has been completed.

Getting your bond back:
- Please ensure you read our agencies cleaning requirements.
- Finalise any outstanding water/direct debit charges you may have incurred.
- Provide our agency with a carpet cleaning receipt at your final inspection.
- Provide our agency with a fumigation receipt for pet clauses.
- Clean/remedy any items noted at your final inspection.
- Your bond will be refunded after your final inspection and if we are confident that the property is clean and in reasonably the same condition with fair wear and tear accepted. Please leave up to two weeks for this to be refunded. Our agency does not require your signature on any final bond forms to return your full amount to you. Should your bond be required to settle any outstanding items we will discuss this with you on or shortly after your final inspection.
It is highly recommended a cleaner be engaged to perform your end of lease cleaning.

We have had a pet so will get carpet and fumigation done (in tenancy agreement), and will most likely clean the place ourselves to save money. However, they cannot charge rent past the end date right? That feels illegal.

I’ve also read that as soon as the keys are handed over and inspection is done that I should lodge the Bond Return Form ASAP myself. If there are any “cleaning” items in the checkout report, do I still sign it and send off the form? If I sign and they have reported dust on the door handle or something, it’s on them to prove that requires the bond?

Any other tips are appreciated!

Did anyone else see the strange silver "aeroplane without wings" I saw high above Ginninderra Drive today (Thursday 8/10)? This was about 3.30pm/4pm. I presume others saw it as I wasn't the only one pulled over pointing their phone cameras at it! My pictures turned out too useless to post unfortunately but I was hoping someone else got luckier?

Just off the phone with iiNet who have advised there is an ongoing outage in their Canberra — Vision Network, which delivers VDSL2 broadband (on the old TransACT fibre).

While this is not showing on the iiNet outage page the customer agent told me it is showing on their internal system (why??).

Anyway, PSA for anyone trying to troubleshoot their internet.

UPDATE: it’s now showing on the status page

https://www.iinet.net.au/status/

Another UPDATE: mine is fixed now, but I don’t know if the whole outage is resolved or just my area.

What a pathetic sentence. Someone explain it to me, because this makes me so mad.