skua

One feature of Perth, WA is the 8 kilometres of formerly beautiful riverside from Mill Point in South Perth, south to Mt Henry, that is made obscene by the Kwinana Freeway.

I was living in a caravan park nearby when they got serious about really stuffing that place up.

What folk-memories are out there about how this was allowed to happen?

#Perth #WA #TownPlanning #FolkMemories #FreewayPlanning #WesternAustralia

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Show threadQuokkaFeb 9
@skua I always thought it was odd. Even if reclaimed. I reckon they could put it above the water on a long bridge now if they wanted.
Show threadskuaFeb 9

@phil
LOL We have some different aesthetics around bridges on rivers. 😀

I don't think it's reclaimed (though possible) - faintest traces of memory from the mid -1960s of tiny remains of fences and gardens on some of the land that now has the freeway.