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UNIQUE POSTCARDS
SHOWCASE OUR HERITAGE
British born Ray Marchant is one of our dedicated volunteers
who work at the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre.When
he isn’t behind the counter, you will probably find him colouring
in drawings of local buildings on his computer.
Ray has lovingly created eight different postcards featuring iconic
buildings in Semaphore and Port Adelaide, which are now on sale
for $1 each at the Visitor Information Centre, with funds from
the sale going into the running of the centre. Ray has a passion
for unique architecture, “Most of my recent works are of local
buildings, I particularly enjoy the look of the older 19th century
buildings.”
His creations have a unique look thanks to his personal art style
that he developed during his working life working as a technical
illustrator, before moving into computer graphics. In 1989 he
moved to Australia from London to work in Sydney before
settling in Port Adelaide after falling in love with the area six
years ago.
He combines his drawing skills with rendering and computers.
First he sketches the outline of the building freehand with a
pen, then scans this onto his computer and colours it on screen,
producing a modern take on a traditional art style.
When asked about traditional versus modern art, Ray said “I love
the versatility and brightness of digital colouring, but I can still
grab a paintbrush and turn out a reasonable watercolour painting
if I need to!”
Stop by the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre, at 66
Commercial Road, Port Adelaide, to grab your own postcards.
Larger prints are also available on request.
POTHOLES NO PROBLEM
FOR DALE
We run a constant program of minor road maintenance to
ensure that our roads are safe for vehicles to drive on.
Work includes fixing potholes, resurfacing damaged areas and
ensuring that the edges of roads are strong and safe for vehicles
to drive over.
As part of our ‘Day in the Life’ video series that you can watch
on our @cityofpae social media, we chatted with Dale who
works in one of our Minor Road Maintenance Crews. Dale has
been with us for five years and takes pride in making sure our
roads are in top shape.
When they head out to a job, first they cut out a section around
the damaged part of the road and rip up the old surface.Then
they repair the base with compacted crushed rock, before putting
slurry on top, followed by bitumen down which gets rolled flat to
finish the job.The truck holds four tonnes of bitumen and uses
heat from the exhaust to keep the bitumen at 180 degrees.
Check out Dale’s video on our website, along with the rest of
the award-winning series, to learn more about the work that we
do to keep the city running smoothly.
If you spot damage to any of the infrastructure around the
council area please let us know so that we can get out and fix it
as soon as possible. Either give us a call on 8405 6600 or jump
onto our Online Services Portal which you can find on
our website.
Ray Marchant