Time ball tower at Semaphore

Sitting on a small hill adjacent to Semaphore Road is this time ball tower; this was used by ships at anchor to rate their chronometers.

Semaphore Road

A bit of nostalgia for me. When I was a young lad, I regularly visited Semaphore to see my Grandparents who lived in a small upstairs apartment just along from where I took this photo.

In those days a train from Adelaide terminated here; where the median strip is now. Not only did the train service the seaside suburb, but so did electric trolley buses. My grandfather was a bus driver so I had a few free rides from time to time.

The train has gone and so have the buses; but now there is talk of running a tram to here from the City.