Re: Rail Advertising

[Leigh Kirwan <edaleighk.eda.gugc@gcstaff.ins.gu.edu.au>]

Leigh Kirwan wrote:
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> 1. Driving down to the Gold Coast from Brisbane this
> morning on the Pacific Highway near the Helensvale
> turnoff, I noticed what were originally Main Roads Dept.
> signs (now Transport Queensland, I think) proclaiming
> that "Citytrain's Nerang station opens in December".
> These signs normally give info on roadworks or safety
> slogans, but it is great to see them advertising rail.
> 2. A hundred metres or so further along, a huge hoarding
> was advertising "First Class across the Continent -
> Indian Pacific" or similar wording.  The image was of a
> red carpet with rail tracks superimposed.  It doesn't
> take private companies long to get their act together,
> does it?PS Up until recently, this sign was advertising Ansett 
as the official carrier for the Olympic Games - rail 
takes over from air!
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> Leigh Kirwan
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> School of Languages and Linguistics,
> Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
> PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre  9726
> Phone +61 7 5594 8612  Fax +61 7 5594 8634

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Leigh Kirwan
Lecturer in Japanese
School of Languages and Linguistics, 
Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre  9726
Phone +61 7 5594 8612  Fax +61 7 5594 8634