The two pictures in the post are from the  archives.

 They were made  when I was photographing around the Port Adelaide /Osborne area on the   Lefevre Peninsula (north west of Adelaide's CBD)   in the  1980s. The photography would be interpreted as a mirror with a memory as the photos  represent a part of the history of industrial Adelaide that is being marked by absence.  

This picture is of the  Port River estuary  and it is looking across the river to the suburb of Taperoo and  the Penrice Soda ash  plant, Osborne.  The gas-fired  Torrens Island Power Station is just outside the right side of the frame. 

The Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd company, which was established in the 1930s,  went into receivership round 201 and   its  Osborne soda ash  plant has been decommissioned and dismantled.  The remediation of the site is ongoing.  Most of the area along  both sides of the Port River have been  closed off to the public -- ie., the land  has been privatised. I would not be able to make the above photo today.

The industrial infrastructure of the 20th century is  gradually being dismantled.  Thus the 'A 'station of AGL's Torrens Island Power Station was closed in 2022 and it is in the process of demolition.  The 'B" station, which  is still operational as a peaking gas plant,  is due to close in mid-2026. 

The  future  of the Torrens Island site is a possible  development by AGL of a green hydrogen production facility.Presumably this is for the local businesses as  South Australia is planning to build the  epicentre of  green hydrogen energy hub in Whyalla.  The spin is that hydrogen will boom.  Is SA becoming a  green hydrogen superpower,  or is hydrogen being used to greenwash and prolong fossil fuel use, just like carbon capture and storage (CCS)?