Editor's note & your letters
SA: A foodie’s paradise
Culinary icon James Beard once said, “Food is our common ground, and a universal experience.” South Australia’s premier wine and food event – Tasting Australia Presented by RAA Travel – has just wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean the epicurean adventure needs to stop.
As someone who loves food, I value the time spent either cooking or enjoying a meal with family and friends. And in South Australia we’re lucky enough to have some of the best produce in the world, from oysters on the Eyre Peninsula to the Limestone Coast’s wine regions and Riverland’s fruit bowl. Discover gastronomic offerings each South Australian region has to offer.
On a more serious note, DonateLife Week – which raises national awareness of organ and tissue donation – will be held in late July. Some of the stats are staggering, with almost 80 per cent of Australians supporting organ donation, but only one in three registered to be a donor. Two people share their stories about how organ donation has changed their lives. If you’re not already registered as an organ donor, their stories might just convince you to do so.
On the road, we’ve continued delving into the world of electric vehicles. This edition, we’ve put together an EV buyer guide for people who are looking to make the switch from petrol to electric.
Happy reading.
Editor
Your letters
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Hi, I'm Trev
To the editor, I recently came across a copy of sa move. It was rolled up at the time and moving very fast towards me. Once I managed to stop the human holding the mag and convince them I was actually a very social, very rare, South Australian Bearded Bee (who doesn’t sting), they unfurled the magazine’s glossy pages and shared its content with me. I wasn’t ready for such a huge whack of incredible images and stories about our state.
Since then, I’ve started noticing all the ways RAA looks after its members, and the connection they share. From getting stuck cars moving, to helping humans fly to faraway lands, it seems to me that RAA members belong to something bigger – a hive of sorts – where they’re all looked after.
You and RAA have opened up the state with this magazine and I can see so many great ways to connect. I don’t know why, but there’s just something so familiar about RAA to me. I feel like I belong.
Cheers,
Trevor Bee
Prompt service with a smile
I’m a 74-year-old pensioner and have been an RAA member since 1980. Recently, an RAA Road Service Patrol was worth his weight in gold.
I was towing my daughter’s trailer when the trailer had a tyre blowout about 3km out of Kersbrook. It was raining, and I found I was without a wheel spanner to replace the damaged wheel, so I called RAA and was told there might be a bit of a delay. Imagine my surprise when the yellow RAA van pulled up behind me about 15 minutes later? The mechanic apologised for taking so long, but I was just happy to see him. Within five minutes he had the damaged wheel off and the spare wheel on and we were both on our way with a smile.
D. Laing, Murray Bridge
Cancelled road funding ‘disappointing’
It was so disappointing to read that the Federal Government has pulled the pin on many local and national road projects, particularly given the road fatalities in 2023. As a caravanner we have travelled around Australia for many years, and it’s often impossible to maintain the 110km/h when towing a 6.5m caravan.
Due to the high volume of trucks and road trains using the main highways and no bypass roads, there has been significant damage to the roads with dips, bumps and corrugation on bitumen roads.
This causes the caravan to bounce around severely, which is quite dangerous. The government says to drive safely to the conditions, however the roads need to be maintained to a safe condition.
K. Prowse, Gawler
Be careful on the roads
We all need to be careful on our roads. But certain issues persist, including not using indicators when overtaking and not keeping to the left on the highway; driving on twisty country roads where people brake around corners and then excessively speed up and continue doing this; and, not reducing speed on normal roads and on wet roads. We need to address these issues and educate people on how to better drive on country roads, not just city roads where most people do their driving.
P.Ryan, Hazelwood Park
Clarification A letter in the autumn edition of sa move stated that you must keep left when driving 80km/h or more. We would like to clarify that motorists need to keep left on a multi-lane road when the speed limit is greater than 80km/h or there’s a ‘keep left unless overtaking’ sign.
