Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
May 13th 2005, 8:06 am
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Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Water main has burst.
They'll be talking about this for years.
They'll be talking about this for years.
May 13th 2005, 8:14 am
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by renth
Water main has burst.
They'll be talking about this for years.
They'll be talking about this for years.
Hey, wasn't it Kwinana? And southbound from Mill point rd?
Anyway, hilarious(but that's just cos I don't usually go that way!). Otherwise: omg, what a nightmare.
And this morning the roads were flooded too, but that was cos it was raining cats and dogs.
May 13th 2005, 8:14 am
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by renth
Water main has burst.
They'll be talking about this for years.
They'll be talking about this for years.
May 13th 2005, 8:27 am
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by worzel
Is it a test for the Kimberley canal plan?
May 13th 2005, 9:50 am
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Well... I just had the best drive home ever!! But the otherside of the road 
Graham farmer fwy and Orrong road chockers, though... it's usually quite full anyway!
My side is usually quite busy too(going west into tunnel), but was now normal... strange.. maybe people are all just avoiding all the freeways.... I even took the mitchel fwy up tp Powis st, instead of getting off at Loftus st and driving through Leederville, what I usually have to do.
Graham farmer fwy and Orrong road chockers, though... it's usually quite full anyway!My side is usually quite busy too(going west into tunnel), but was now normal... strange.. maybe people are all just avoiding all the freeways.... I even took the mitchel fwy up tp Powis st, instead of getting off at Loftus st and driving through Leederville, what I usually have to do.
May 13th 2005, 1:38 pm
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by Simone
Well... I just had the best drive home ever!! But the otherside of the road Graham farmer fwy and Orrong road chockers, though... it's usually quite full anyway!
My side is usually quite busy too(going west into tunnel), but was now normal... strange.. maybe people are all just avoiding all the freeways.... I even took the mitchel fwy up tp Powis st, instead of getting off at Loftus st and driving through Leederville, what I usually have to do.
Graham farmer fwy and Orrong road chockers, though... it's usually quite full anyway!My side is usually quite busy too(going west into tunnel), but was now normal... strange.. maybe people are all just avoiding all the freeways.... I even took the mitchel fwy up tp Powis st, instead of getting off at Loftus st and driving through Leederville, what I usually have to do.
May 13th 2005, 1:46 pm
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by saraliz
Grrr... I just had the WORST trip ever home! Didn't think it would effect me, seeing as I go from West Perth to Freo via the Stirling Hwy (nowhere near the Mitchell freeway). Normally takes me about 40 minutes home by bus. Well today I got on the bus at 4.45pm... at 8.05pm, after travelling less than a third of the way home and taking 2 hours to go about 100 metres, I ended up getting of the bus and walking half an hour to the train station. Finally got home at 9pm
The other day I took 2 hours, partly due to an accident on the freeway(the one time I do take the Kwinana fwy, accident in the middle of the city grrr) and all traffic lights on red, but I also got petrol, did the shopping and brought dvds back inbetween
Saw the water mess on the news before. South Perth businesses and underground garages flooded too
Last edited by Simone; May 13th 2005 at 1:51 pm.
May 13th 2005, 2:13 pm
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by renth
Water main has burst.
They'll be talking about this for years.
They'll be talking about this for years.
Regards windsurfer W A
May 13th 2005, 3:48 pm
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by saraliz
Grrr... I just had the WORST trip ever home! Didn't think it would effect me, seeing as I go from West Perth to Freo via the Stirling Hwy (nowhere near the Mitchell freeway). Normally takes me about 40 minutes home by bus. Well today I got on the bus at 4.45pm... at 8.05pm, after travelling less than a third of the way home and taking 2 hours to go about 100 metres, I ended up getting of the bus and walking half an hour to the train station. Finally got home at 9pm
May 13th 2005, 11:38 pm
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Re: Mitchell Freeway Perth at a standstill
Originally Posted by paulf
Total nightmare, sent ya some K, that sounds like the kinda havoc when it snowed for 4 hours here two years back, not a road in the south east was moving, all from just 4 hours of snow!
