The wee hours between midnight and sunrise used to be when Adelaide slept.

It seems now that Adelaide is starting to come alive during these hours. Not with party revelers and late night clubbing but with road crews and construction workers.

It makes sense to keep this kind of work out mind, sight and inconvenience by bringing in the night crews. Just drive around the city after midnight and you will be dazzled by bright floodlights, slowed down by 25km/h limits, corralled into single lanes by traffic cones and crew in high visibility vests and have to wait for trucks completing impossible turns in tight places. It’s all little surreal actually.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 402, The Night Crew’ 1/20s f/2.8 ISO1600 200mm