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Excellent update, SA! I love how we've been able to see the development of the city of Cape Newenham from the beginning right up til now and the city seems like one of the best planned I have ever seen. Great job!

Lovely SA! I don't know why I missed this before but I think the town is exquisite [even if I've commented on it all already] Can't wait to see more in a bit.

Whoa, I really didn't expect so many comments first go! I should reply to them more often oroen: Thanks! I tend to put interesting commentaries with my pictures because it seems to always spramp up the most boring scenes. I could take a picture of a bunch of boring old farms and just say that... I don't know, one of the old cows was the President of Antarctica? Nexis: Thanks but, this isn't a real world creation, nope, I'm just using the region to make a new-Newcastle on louisville327: Thanks for the comments! And you'll always be welcome here. Shadow of Death: Thanks! GingerBlokey: Thanks, I do my best superchad: Thanks! E-Pexe: Uh... thank you, E-pexe. toxicpiano: Oh, I wouldn't know about Chavs, I don't actually live anywhere near Newcastle, I live in Melbourne about 1000km away Melbourne's a great city, best in Australian even Equilibria: Thanks for the generous commentation, I try to make my CJs unique and all of the things you said are some things that contribute lakeyboy: Thanks! I wish I could help you too, I am pretty hopeless with Photoshop, luckily I have a friend on hand to help pipishere: Thanks! I try to make my cities great places to live jacqulina: Thanks! I will be hoping to get an update by Thursday, if not by Tuesday, so come back then!

Very nice! I quite like what you've done so far with the city, it's very pretty. And I live near the real life Bayswater, well, 10km away

G'day, I'm not really new here, but I thought finally I'd try my luck at CJ-ing at ST. Well, first off, Welcome to Newcastle, a city in New England, a state separated from the Australian State of New South Wales. First and foremost, this is the State of New England flag... it's just the Union Jack and a New South Wales coat of arms someone made on another forum. It follows the conventions of the Australian Commonwealth and the States. When I can be bothered I'll get a region view... So here's the start of Update One. The suburb of Mourningvale, although the first place to be settled in Newcastle after the Battle of State Independence ruined the town after a bunch of big HUGE cardboard boxes ran through the town and crushed everything even the Box Factory! OH, THE HUMANITY! Anyway, it's be 144 years since the old City of Newcastle was crushed and the suburb of Mourningvale has been reborn with 11,383 residents within it's borders. Here's an overview. The Northern region is known to locals as Mourningvale proper. While the Southbank is known as Woodington, after Sir Patrick Woodington, the first Premier of New England. The two Freeways in the city are called Henry Parkes Memorial Freeway (F-81) [leads out to the West] and the Gareth Williams Freeway (F-1) [leads North]. Dostoyevsky Estate, Ipanema Estate, Singhen Lakes Estate Pretty names for a formerly ugly area Now this area of middle class homes, the Royal College of Surgeons, and small business is booming as the most exclusive area to live after the Bridges area. Nothing much is known here other than its previous history where there was much decadence! A rich person's dream. That was until the un-cool people came along with their boring ways and ruined it all. Damn them! :mrgreen: Woodington Central Woodington Central is a nice affluent area where, by law, the Welsh are banned because they are plain and boring . All the good stuff here, you'd be lucky if you didn't find a $100 note just lying on the floor since the people around here are so careless with their money. Sigh. Anyway, Woodington Central has it all, banks, upscale chain stores, maybe even a hardware store. Other than that an interesting feature is the Gareth Williams Memorial Bridge [affectionately know to locals as the Princess Gareth Bridge] after a Welsh person that is said to roam the streets at nice in a frock. No one knows why. . There's a statue on him on the Southbound side of the bridge. Another point of interest is the Bridges Point area on the Mourningvale side, it's a nice area and was the 2nd place settled after the cardboard boxes killed everyone. Tesla Lake Tesla Lake, named after the Tesla Coils found in Command & Conquer's Red Alert & Red Alert 2. [Good old games btw] and indirectly named after Serbian born electricity person, Nikolai Tesla. Although, it's mainly after the Tesla Coils, now weren't they the coolest . Anyway, another semi-exclusive neighbourhood, nothing too hot, just a big lake with electric eels in it, shocking everything. It is said that to keep young you need to swim to the centre and touch the electrical cords in the centre... but this isn't recommended since uh... they are live wires and you're going to die if you touch them. . At the left of the picture you can see Maestro Bridge, the 2nd Tolled Crossing in Newcastle. Lansing Manor Nothing important here other than the huge grounds of Lansing Manor owned by Emperor of Real Estate across the planet, Daniel Henderson, owner of Real Estate conglomerates, Dynasty Real Estate and Newenham Development Inc. Big lands and his own private island this weenie of a person better be happy with what he's got. He seems to have lots of fun frollicking around on the island and is said to be thinking of taking over the State Rail Company, SouthRail. Mourningvale Central, Bangor Fawr Manor Sigh. Another place ruined by the un-cool boring people Anyway, nice middle class stores selling plain boring things at moderate prices. However their leader Gareth Williams lives in Bangor Fawr Manor with his tennis courts and private Lake. He is the envy of the Welsh in Mourningvale even if it is thought he likes to wear his frocks at night :mrgreen:. I hope you guys like Newcastle! And as they say on Beverley Hillbillies, Y'all come back now y'here! There will be more to come if I get a good response here

Well, that was certainly a fantastic update. It really begins to remind me more and more of the city everytime I see your city. In anycase, Date: 7/21/2004 12:21:26 AM cyber_256: Well im not sure who's road system is the best but I must say ours is the most organisedquote> Melbourne's planning has always been one of the best planned, and most efficient in the country [Other than Canberra of course]. Melbourne has always been a planned city, although, certainly without a Mr. Hoodle, the city, planning-wise of course, would be as bad as Sydney. As you can see from the Satellite Image you provide, Melbourne's CBD and Inner Suburbs are based on a grid plan [As is Adelaide's], it should be noted that Melbourne's Inner Main Routes were planned out, with the exception of Punt Road around Richmond. Also, there is the feeder roads of the Monash Freeway, WesternLink, SouthernLink, Hoodle Street, Royal Parade, Bridge Street, Eastern Freeway, St. Kilda Road, Princes Highway, Kings Way and the West Gate Freeway that ensure that much of the cities traffic doesn't spill out onto the narrow streets of the residential areas of the inner suburbs. There are other points as to why the city is better planned, and more efficient, but that goes into Public Tranportation, and the amount of parks and gardens. And, admittedly, there are some areas of the city that do smell, like the Pig Plant at the Western Ring Road/ Princes Fwy/ West Gate Fwy Junction, Werribee [sewage Plant] and a small area in South Yarra, which I believe is Yeast.

Although brought up to dislike anything outside the State of Victoria, I quite like this city of Adelaide. But as much as I like Adelaide, I must say, Melbourne is always better Lol, sorry.

Actually, that is just a trick you can play on you sims, it doesn't really go like that.

There ya go.