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Cartoons of 2006

The ongoing public library saga continued with a plan to close the two existing libraries and build a new library at the Westland Shopping Centre.

The army also wanted to expand its existing training areas around Whyalla.

The proposed desalination plant in Spencer Gulf at Point Lowly to provide water for the expanded Roxby Downs mine came in for some flak.

Every few years it seems somebody sees a UFO over the gulf.

The foreshore redevelopment plan continued to attract criticism.

The idea of cutting a road through the middle of the Ada Ryan gardens was especially opposed by the ‘silent majority’.

To overcome the issue of putting a road through the middle of the Ada Ryan Gardens, one suggestion was to have a JURY decide the issue. Needless to say it never happened and the road idea was abandoned.

Dust from the pellet plant has alays been an issue in Whyalla.

The building boom gathered pace.

OneSteel’s PROJECT MAGNET was in full swing.

Will Whyalla ever host an AFL game?

Meanwhile the number of bins we all have to put out each week seemed to grow.

The golf course was now using recycled stormwater, while the rest of us were on water restrictions.

The issue of sporting clubs sharing facilities seems to keep popping up every few years without much actual progress.

Christmas lights.

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