Norwood v West Adelaide 23/9/12

Today their were two semi finals at AAMI Stadium in South Australia.
Centrals played North Adelaide in the first semi final in the SANFL and Norwood played West in the 2nd Semi final.
Centrals who have been at the top of South Australian Football for the last 10 years were soundly beaten by North Adelaide who will now play West Adelaide in next weeks preliminary final.
West were beaten comfortably by Norwood in a low scoring fiercely contested game.
Below are some highlights from the Norwood v West game.

James Aish 16 yo star of the next few years

James Aish 16 yo star of the next few years

Ben Fisher takes a screamer

Brady Dawe heads goalward

Lance Franklin would be proud of this effort

This game was convincingly won by Norwood but a scrappy affair that was hard fought and low scoring.

Suicide Bridge-Old Coach Road

before

after

Suicide Bridge is an old bridge on the Old Coach Road which was used in the early days of Australia as a Cobb and Co. Coach route.Yes we had stagecoaches in Australia that were often held up by bushrangers.This bridge is in outback country between Wentworth in NSW and Renmark in South Australia.I have been taking photographs in this area for more than 40 years.I don't know why it is called Suicide Bridge but it would be very dangerous to try and drive a vehicle over it now. The Old Coach road can still be traced for a lot of it's former route but it is not a road as such but you can still drive a car along some parts of it. There are preserved wheel ruts from the coaches near Lake Meritti in South Australia.
I love how this shot looks in monochrome with just a few adjustments in iphoto on the Mac.