Adelaide: From former car capital to smart mushroom metropolis

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Necessity is the mother of invention: Leanne McGrath and Ken King in Adelaide

When Australia's auto industry faced extinction in 2017, the outlook for Adelaide was bleak. But the city has reinvented itself admirably. One example: In the old Holden factory, cars no longer roll off the assembly line; instead, lucrative mushrooms (!) grow from the walls.



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