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Tea Tree Plaza Interchange
Tea Tree Plaza Interchange (previously known as Modbury Interchange) is a bus interchange operated by Adelaide Metro in Modbury, South Australia as part of the O-Bahn Busway. It is a central public transport hub for the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide. History Tea Tree Plaza Interchange was built as the terminating station of Stage 2 of the O-Bahn Busway from Paradise Interchange. It was opened on 20 August 1989 by Premier John Bannon. Originally named Modbury Interchange, it was renamed Tea Tree Plaza Interchange on 12 September 1997. 2013 Redevelopments On 24 February 2013, Premier Jay Weatherill announced a $17 million upgrade of facilities along the O-Bahn Busway, which included increased bicycle storage, real-time information screens and additional seating. As part of the upgrade, a $14 million multiple level carpark was built on the north-west corner of the Tea Tree Gully campus of TAFE SA. The carpark provides 700 spaces, 300 more than was previously availab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modbury, South Australia
Modbury is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Tea Tree Gully. Modbury is located at the end of the Adelaide O-Bahn and is home to the Tea Tree Plaza shopping complex and a Hospital. It was named Modbury by R. S. Kelly, on 1 September 1840, after his native town in Devonshire. Schools The suburb of Modbury contains one high school (Modbury High School) and one Primary School ( Modbury West). However, there are many other schools in the surrounding areas which also bear the name Modbury. Modbury South Primary for example is located in the suburb of Hope Valley. There is also another primary school named Modbury School which was originally in Modbury proper but relocated in the 1970s to what is now known as Modbury North. Government The suburb of Modbury is located within the Australian House of Representatives Seat of Makin, and the South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heights School (Australia)
The Heights School is a combined secondary and primary school serving the Modbury Heights area in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in Adelaide's District 5 (North West) school district, in close proximity to Golden Grove High School, Gleeson College and Pedare Christian College. Structure The Heights School consists of three sub-schools, divided by year level. The sub-schools are: * Junior School – Preschool (CPC) – Year 5 * Middle School – Year 6 – Year 9 * Senior School – Year 10 – Year 12+ students Special programs Ignite program The Heights School is an Ignite school. This program allows gifted students to work at an extended level. The program has three levels: the Ignite Program, the Co-Ignite Program and the Pre-Ignite Program. The Ignite class studies years 8, 9 and 10 in two years. This is done by studying year 8 and 9 in one year and then year 10 in one year but at an extended level. Students then go on to study years 11 and 12 at a normal le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise, South Australia
Paradise is a northeastern suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. It is bounded on the north side by the River Torrens. Amongst its neighboring suburbs are Highbury, Dernancourt, Athelstone, Newton and Campbelltown. Paradise is in the City of Campbelltown local government area. It was split across the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Morialta (south-east part) and Hartley (north and west parts of Paradise) but has since all been incorporated into Hartley, and is in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt. History Toponymy The suburb, originally "Shepley", was named "Paradise" by Joseph Ind, who had Balmoral orange orchard on the banks of the nearby Torrens River, and was taken from his "Paradise Bridge Hotel," named after a property called Paradise near his native Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England. He started the hotel in the front room of a cottage which he built in the nearby village of Paradise, which he established on land he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillcrest, South Australia
Hillcrest is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area. It is around 10 km northeast of the city centre. It was best known as the location of the Hillcrest Hospital, a state government institution for people suffering mental illness that took up most of the suburb's area before the northern part of the suburb was renamed Gilles Plains, but the remainder of this institution and its converted former buildings are now within the suburb of Oakden. Hillcrest is bounded by the side streets of Lord Howe Avenue, Oxford Street and Bristol Terrace to the north, Blacks Road to the east, North East Road to the South and Fosters Road to the west. Its housing stock has undergone a radical transformation in recent years from being predominantly weatherboard dwellings on traditional large blocks, with a large percentage of Housing SA owned dwellings, to one containing almost as many smaller houses since a concerted effort to update the housing stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Plains
Gilles Plains is a suburb of the greater Adelaide, South Australia area, approximately 10km north-east of the Adelaide central business district. History It is named after the first Colonial Treasurer Osmond Gilles who owned a sheep station adjoining the Torrens River. Gilles Plains was predominantly a hay growing area of Adelaide through its early years. In 1874, it had the largest hay farm in South Australia owned by J. A. W. Sudholz. Government Gilles Plains is in both the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City of Tea Tree Gully local government areas, and is in both the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Florey and Torrens. It is also in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military * Division (military), a formation typically consisting .... Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holden Hill
Holden Hill is a suburb in the inner north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is around 10 km from the Adelaide CBD. Government Holden Hill is in both the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and City of Tea Tree Gully local government areas, and is in both the South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts of Florey and Torrens. It is also in the Australian House of Representatives Division of Sturt Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military * Division (military), a formation typically consisting .... The suburb is named after "Holden's Hill", a name given to a road extension in 1855. The road ran through land owned by Mr R. Halden who was an avid fan of Holden vehicles after 1935. Holden Hill Police station is located here. Shopping Holden Hill is close to Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre mall. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Agnes, South Australia
St Agnes is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is around 15 km northeast of the city centre. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully. Facilities and amenities on the suburb include Ardtornish Primary School, founded in 1882, and the ''Steventon'' Post Office that opened around January 1859, to be renamed '' Tea Tree Gully'' in 1872, and ''Teatree Gully'' in 1925. ''Tea Tree Gully'' changed again in 1966 and finally became ''St Agnes'' in 1969. Ardtornish Primary School Ardtornish Primary School is a state government R-7 coeducational school with an enrolment of about 500 students. The original school was built in 1842 on the Lower North East Road in Hope Valley, and named after Ardtornish Castle Ardtornish Castle is situated in the grounds of the Ardtornish estate in Morvern, on the west coast of Scotland. It stands at the seaward end of a promontory which extends in a southerly direction into the Sound of Mull, about south-east of th ... in Scotland. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para Hills
Para Hills is a residential suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. There is a light aircraft airport close to its boundary, and numerous sporting facilities, abundant parks and schools and two medium-sized shopping centres. Most of the suburb is in the City of Salisbury while some is in the City of Tea Tree Gully. History An early settler family were the Goodalls, who established a farm at the base of the hills in 1850. When Andrew Melville Goodall expanded the farm in 1853 he named the property ''Para Hills Farm'', building a farmhouse near what is now the corner of St Clair Avenue and Goodall Road. Para Hills Post Office opened on 28 June 1961. Landscape Geology Para Hills is built on an escarpment of the Para Fault Block at the edge of the Adelaide plains, rising above the plains. The formation of this escarpment has led to short, steep-sided gullies which are characteristic of Para Hills. The gullies are usually dry, running only shortly after rain, and have mostly been l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide City Centre
Adelaide city centre (Kaurna language, Kaurna: Tarndanya) is the inner city locality of Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide local government area (which also includes North Adelaide and from the Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands around the whole city centre). The population was 15,115 in the . Adelaide city centre was planned in 1837 on a Greenfield land, greenfield site following a Grid plan, grid layout, with streets running at right angles to each other. It covers an area of and is surrounded by of park lands.The area of the park lands quoted is based, in the absence of an official boundary between the City and North Adelaide, on an east–west line past the front entrance of Adelaide Oval. Within the city are five parks: Victoria Square, Adelaide, Victoria Square in the exact centre and four other, smaller parks. Names for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klemzig Interchange
Klemzig Interchange (previously known as Klemzig station) is a bus interchange operated by Adelaide Metro in Klemzig, South Australia as part of the O-Bahn Busway. History Klemzig Interchange was built as part of Stage 1 of the O-Bahn Busway to Paradise Interchange. It was officially opened on 2 March 1986 by Premier John Bannon, with services commencing on 9 March. It is the first stop on the route, being located three kilometres from the Adelaide city centre on the eastern side of OG Road. Klemzig Interchange was built to serve passengers connecting with the Circle Line bus service, which follows the Adelaide outer ring route. Many bus services bypass Klemzig and the station has limited capacity, being the smallest of the three busway stations on the O-Bahn, and the only one to not have buses leave the busway in revenue service until the introduction of services via the O-Bahn to Oakden Oakden is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located to the northeast of the Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Currie Street
Currie Street is a main street in the Adelaide city centre, South Australia.Map of the , North Adelaide and the Adelaide Park Lands. It runs east–to–west from King William Street, through Light Square, to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
