Outback bound

What I have been doing out in the farmland of south-eastern Queensland...

So I have been starting to get my hands on the role and been visiting all parts of the project

So this is Michael and my adventures with Powerlink

This is me and the project managers Alvin and Aaron out mapping the easements going a bit of ground truthing making sure the pylons are not placed in ponds (Melonholes or Gilgi's) and checking to see whether trees like this bottle tree fall within the easement.

Here is one of the melon holes they can be large. Quite strange in such a dry area but these soils are very heavy clays that crack and swell which in turn over time create these wet ponds.

Here is another bottle tree on easement

Out on the plains

Just having a gander at the ALPNG pipeline as we checked out the easement she's a big pipe about 1.5m

Getting my pose on kitted out in my PPE safety first

A tree within a tree

Just checking that the Boys (John Holland) are doing a good job, they are drilling the footings for the pylons took about 30min to drill all four holes to 6.5m not bad.

This is me, supervising the Stringing (getting the conductor up in the air) Gang (BBUGL) after the pylons have been built.

Getting the cable all ready to join up, The reels each have about 2.5km on them and we were doing a run of 6km

The Boss (Inspector) Dan and the stringing crew. He was the only Aussie on the job most of the stringing crew were Philippian and a few Kiwi's and Eastern Europeans. oh and orange shirt pretty much means your the boss. 

Here are the boys joining the conductor Rico the leading hand in orange, making sure shit does not happen.

Here are the blocks with the leading wire. This wire is flown by a chopper, I have not seen this yet maybe next week.

Well this is my adventure in the bush so far, keep you posted.