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Wet and Dry Wanderings

Folder: General 2001 - 2010.
Sights and scenes of travels to install a small part of Telstra Ltd's 3G mobile phone system. The works involved Telstra, Ericsson and many contractors, and was known as Project Jersey. Telstra advertises this system as NextG.

Most photos are from the northern half of NSW, Australia, from the coast nearly to the South Australian border. This travelling work was similar to technical work I did for…  (read more)
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2024 Gongolgon RT 024

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2025 Gongolgon RT 025

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Between Byrock and Brewarrina.
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2026 Gongolgon RT026

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Driving North towards Brewarrina.
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2027 Bourke area 027

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On the Bre to Bourke road, AKA Kamilaroi Highway.
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2028 Bourke area 028

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2029 Bourke area 029

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Bourke railway station, end of the line in two senses.
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2030 Bourke area 030

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The Darling River at Bourke. The water is stored by the town weir. Wthout the weir there would not be any water as the river was dry.
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2031 Bourke area 031

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The Post Office is one of several restored old buildings.
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The old bridge, the first to cross the Darling River, at North Bourke. The lift section was to allow river boats to pass. It was built from parts manufactued in England and it opened in 1888.
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2033 Bourke area 033

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The old bridge, the first to cross the Darling River, at North Bourke. The lift section was to allow river boats to pass. It was built from parts manufactued in England and it opened in 1888.
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2034 Bourke area 034

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The old bridge, the first to cross the Darling River, at North Bourke. The lift section was to allow river boats to pass. It was built from parts manufactued in England and it opened in 1888.
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The old bridge, the first to cross the Darling River, at North Bourke. The lift section was to allow river boats to pass. It was built from parts manufactued in England and it opened in 1888. The water is stored by the town weir. Without the weir there would be no water here. HFF to my viewers for 03/01/25. Some stimulus to reflect on the the year just finished and the year commenced, and the bridge between the years at the moment of midnight on 31/12/24.
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2036 Bourke area 036

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The Darling River at North Bourke. The water is stored by the town weir. Without the weir there would be no water. The sun has just set.
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2037 Bourke area 037

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The old bridge, the first to cross the Darling River, at North Bourke. The lift section was to allow river boats to pass. It was built from parts manufactued in England and it opened in 1888.
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2038 Bourke area 038

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Driving South from Bourke towards Byrock.
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2039 Bourke area 039

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Driving South from Bourke towards Byrock.
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2040 Byrock 040

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The Byrock railway yards out of use since the early 80s. The loading gauge for wagons loaded with wool bales frames the water tower.
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The Byrock railway yards out of use since the early 80s. The water tower and crane are dry and probably haven't served a steam loco for 50 years. The platform is without nameboard or station building. the shelter on the extreme right has a noticeboard of articles and photos from busier times.
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