The NSW government’s cave-in to allow the horse racing mob to advertise Saturday’s Everest on the sails of the Sydney Opera House could open a can of worms for more projection bombing on famous structures.
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Will it be Hungry Jacks on the Harbour Bridge next? Or Dan Murphy’s on the NSW Art Gallery?
Just think what we could do in Orange if we turned some of our fine buildings into advertising billboards.
Orange City Council has an excellent site on its museum that could become a big money-spinner by transforming it into glowing, kinetic art.
The wall on the side of the Orange Civic Theatre could also be used to promote brand advertising campaigns, movie releases, retail promotions and public relations initiatives.
Wouldn’t it be an ideal spot for the likes of Maccas?
The wall on the side of the Orange Civic Theatre could also be used to promote brand advertising campaigns, movie releases, retail promotions and public relations initiatives.
And while the Premier is in such a benevolent and big-hearted state of mind that she saw fit to overturn the opera house chief executive to allow the horse race promotion, she might also look at approving advertising on the likes of police cars, ambulances and trains.
Is that any sillier than allowing Sydney’s most iconic building to become a commercial digital billboard?
IDLE PURSUIT IN OUR CARS PROVING VERY COSTLY
TRAFFIC controls in Orange aren’t doing drivers any favours with cars burning up an average 1.6 litres of petrol a week while stopped with engines idling at our oddly-set traffic lights, roundabouts and give-way intersections.
This equates to about 84 litres a year, which at present prices will cost you around $130. And your car has been standing still all the time.
Add a few trips to a takeaway and you’re doubling your valuable lost dollars in wasted fuel.
Theoretically if the 29,308 drivers in Orange cut idling time by only three minutes a day for a year it would collectively save around one million litres of fuel, or $1.5 million.
A trip from Woodward Street along Summer Street and Bathurst Road to Lone Pine Avenue is 3.8 kilometres and takes about 10 minutes to drive with an average of three-and-a-half minutes stopped at traffic lights, burning up around 1.6 litres of petrol a week while you’re sitting there with engine idling.
That’s about what the average Orange driver does in a week, five to 10 minutes a day.
Theoretically, if the 29,308 drivers in Orange cut idling time by only three minutes a day for a year it would collectively save around one million litres of fuel, or $1.5 million. So we really need some sort of a management plan to fix our traffic problems.
PROPERTIES OF A NUMBER CAN BE CALCULATED
IT must be tough at times for people like police, ambulance, posties, taxi and delivery van drivers to find houses in Orange that haven’t any street numbers. And the numbers on some are hidden by shrubs or are so faded they can’t be read anyway.
Council requires people to have a number on their house and also has responsibility for allocating numbers for new subdivisions, altering numbers for people on corner blocks or because of superstition, religious beliefs or for providing better clarity on their location.
But can the number of your house affect your life? Yes, says a property psychic who claims lots of people buy their houses based on numerology.
For example, if your house number is 3, it’s supposedly good for creativity and expansion of abilities, creates a sense of optimism and energy and is great for partying and entertaining.
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