Your views: on a boy who didn’t matter, and Oval restrictions
Today, readers comment on a death in the Torrens, and public health rules.
Wayne Craill, pictured here as a primary school student, was found in the Torrens in 1971. The 19-year-old's death was recorded as misadventure and drowning and he was cremated before test results revealed a puzzlingly high level of alcohol in his blood. Photo supplied.
Commenting on the story: The boy who didn’t matter
An excellent in-depth story that makes compelling reading, Simon Royal. – Mike O’Reilly
What an excellent, well researched, considered and competently written article of a very troubling time in South Australia’s history. A history that still leads to more questions. – Peter Hastwell
I certainly remember the utter disbelief and dismay of the Coroner’s findings about Wayne Craill’s death, and the loss of public trust towards state authorities that ensued.
I was just 15 at the time and also frequented the banks of the Torrens near Memorial Drive to listen to concerts. After Craill’s and Duncan’s deaths I was terrified of the Torrens precinct around the Adelaide Bridge on King William Road, despite there being a police station just east of the bridge. – John Matheson
Commenting on the story: No call on lifting Adelaide Oval capacity as Labor kicks up about dancing ban
The restrictions on capacity at Adelaide Oval are an absolute joke. I attended the Test cricket in December and the reduced capacity just meant some stands/parts of stands didn’t open.
People still sat next to each other and we all jammed up together having to queue to QR code into every separate area which was an additional requirement imposed by SA Health. At the time masks were not required outdoors and stand-up drinking was permitted outdoors everywhere in the state, except at Adelaide Oval. And we were all vaccinated. The restrictions made no sense at all to anyone at the time and I imagine still don’t now. – Anna O’Connor
