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The "River Torrens Acquisition Act 1970–72" was passed, authorising the purchase of land, in some cases 60 metres (200 ft) back from the top of the river's banks. [ 50 ] By 1980, further development along the riverbanks and removal of levées had reduced the outlet's capacity to a 1-in-35-year flood.
Torrens Linear Park lies along the River Torrens Outlet on the suburb's southern boundary. The beach of Henley Beach South extends the length of the suburb. There is also significant greenspace in the vicinity of Lexington Road.
The Port River is the western branch of the largest tidal estuary on the eastern side of Gulf St Vincent.The whole estuarine area, sometimes called the Port River estuary, includes Barker Inlet, Torrens Island, Garden Island, and to a greater or lesser extent touches the suburbs of St Kilda, Bolivar, Dry Creek, Port Adelaide, New Port, and (up the eastern flank of the Lefevre Peninsula ...
I think it would be good if this article mentioned about the construction of the River Torrens Outlet (it's artificial) and the original outlet through the swamp that is now West Lakes into the Port River. I can't really write about it, because I don't know of any references to it. A bit of research at a library or some old maps might be in order.
The Pirie–Torrens corridor is an approximately 59 km (37 mi) long intermittent watercourse that serves as the only natural outlet of Lake Torrens, a large normally endorheic salt lake in central South Australia.
The Torrens Linear Park is a linear park that runs along the River Torrens in South Australia, spanning from the edge of Adelaide Hills in Athelstone to the coast in West Beach. [1] Upon completion in 1997, it was the first linear park of its kind in Australia, and also the largest hills-to-coast park.
Moored slightly south of the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi River, this McDonald's was the very first McDonald's to be opened on a riverboat. It was open for 20 years before closing in 2000.
Adelaide is a planned city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Light's 1837 plan. [11] [3] Light chose a site spanning the River Torrens (known as Yatala by the Kaurna people [12]), and planned the city to fit the topography of the landscape, "on rising ground".