Monday, 27 February 2012
Port Hedland and Redmont Camp
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| My flight from Perth to Pt Hedland |
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| Perth's Northern Beaches |
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| Derailed train carriages left at the side of the track |
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| Bits of a derailed train at the side of the track |
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| More derailed train.... |
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| Turner River rail bridge |
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| Working alongside a live rail line |
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| The Track Protection Officer and Engineer doing measurements on site |
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| An iron ore train heading into Pt Hedland |
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| Most of the rivers are drying up now - no more river crossings anymore |
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| My office block at sunset |
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| The pool is good for a swim after a hot day! |
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| Some of the bedrooms (called Dongas) |
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| My Donga is on the right |
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| My room is at the far end of the front block |
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| A goanna that lives at the camp |
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| Bore-dipping to see how much water is in the bore |
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| Sunrise/moonset at Redmont |
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| Sunrise / moonset at Redmont |
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| One of the many critters that inhabit our offices |
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| Some rail lines we are here to fix up |
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| The view from outside the gym (the tavern is on the left...) |
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| Our laundry at Redmont |
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| Redmont Hill at Sunset |
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| The Gym (where I try to spend at least 30 mins after work each day) |
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| Typical Lunch |
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| Dust storm at Redmont Camp |
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| Sunset at Redmont Camp |
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| Leaving Pt Hedland (that's BHP's Port Haven camp in the middle) |
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| Sydney skyline as we are landing at night |
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Camp life at Turner
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| Storm coming in from the west |
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| Fire truck - let's hope we don't need to use it! |
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| Inside my room |
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| This guy scared the frog out of me the first time I found him in my shower! |
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| Kitchen on the left, tavern on the right! |
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| The road out heading south, and our tower that has phone, internet and TV for our connection with the outside world |
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| Our office is the little one in the middle, but we will be moving soon |
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| Chains to tie down the buildings in case of cyclones |
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| Some of the things I can choose for my lunch |
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| Train line at the end of the rooms |
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| The row of rooms |
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| My room! |
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| The ice room where we get cold drinking water, ice and do our breath testing each morning |
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| Inside the kitchen |
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| Where we sit to eat |
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| The tavern! |
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| Our tower again |
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| Cyclone mesh on the office windows |
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| The ambulance |
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| My lunch! |
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| My dessert at lunch! |
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