old boral quarry, prospect

[australian pete]

did some clearing last week at the old boral quarry, prospect, 60 kilometres west of sydney.it used to be a big hill, they have mined the hill to leave a site level with surrounding land, no hole, it is now being turned in to industrial land, foreman was telling me there are around 90 pieces of plant working there now levelling the whole area and blasting and crushing to to rehabilitate the whole site, there were 290 pieces of plant working there 1 year ago, very busy place.

 

[Squizzy246B]

prospect, 60 kilometres west of sydney.i

Thats still not far enough away from Sydney

But I sure could use some of that work.

 

[australian pete]

dam

building a big dam at the end of the site to catch all the water run off, i think it is 150 million litres.

 

[australian pete]

Thats still not far enough away from Sydney

But I sure could use some of that work.

this site is only 5 klms from houses, also next to prospect resevoir where sydey draws it's water, we cleared a site recently
only 3 or 4 klms away for a residential subdivision, the quarry site is only 2 klms from F4 freeway, i live another 30 klms west in the bush.

 

[australian pete]

volvo with log forks

my trusty old 1985 volvo 4500 loader with bucket and log forks at the lakes golf couse, mascot, sydney, australia.

 

[mouse]

eh they must've towed propsect further west - its only about 30km from the cbd and next door to eastern creek.

reminds me a bit of the job they did on wonderland yonks ago.

bit quiet squizzy? very hard to read the market at the moment except for the certainty that its going to be a cold winter.

 

[australian pete]

eh they must've towed propsect further west - its only about 30km from the cbd and next door to eastern creek.

reminds me a bit of the job they did on wonderland yonks ago.

bit quiet squizzy? very hard to read the market at the moment except for the certainty that its going to be a cold winter.

maybe im wrong about the klms, i was only guessing. this project is about 1 million times bigger project than wonderland.

 

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used to live in wentworth ave in mascot

 

[australian pete]

used to live in wentworth ave in mascot

do you know the lakes golf course ? they rebuilt the whole cousre in 2 stages over the last 12 months,we cleared a heap of pine trees there around 10 months ago, spent 3 weeks clearing and shearing and a week grinding.

 

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OOO ! about twenty years ago when i knew every thing but seem to have either forgotten it or learned that I didn't know that much at all.Wouldnt mind revisiting Oz some day to see Baradine,Austinville and Sydney and of course Botany bay, Randwick,La Parrouse,Marrubra, the Mercantile pub in the Rocks etc etc


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[australian pete]

OOO ! about twenty years ago when i knew every thing but seem to have either forgotten it or learned that I didn't know that much at all.Wouldnt mind revisiting Oz some day to see Baradine,Austinville and Sydney and of course Botany bay, Randwick,La Parrouse,Marrubra, the Mercantile pub in the Rocks etc etc


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it's all still there, has not changed all that much, you know the saying, everthing changes but everything stays the same.

 

[Squizzy246B]

it's all still there, has not changed all that much, you know the saying, everthing changes but everything stays the same.

The Coogee Bay Hotel ain't what she used to be....

 

[australian pete]

The Coogee Bay Hotel ain't what she used to be....

no, reputation is a bit trashed, i have had a beer there a few times, glad i never upset any of the staff..

 

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Flowed down Botany rd from Mascot RSL on many a night and up Wentworth Ave ,There used to be a hang out down at the local speed shop in Eastlakes shopping center,ran by a guy by the name of Vince Iversi , Rse spares ?? I think ,O! to the lost little grey cells.



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[Squizzy246B]

no, reputation is a bit trashed, i have had a beer there a few times, glad i never upset any of the staff..

I once had a beer there with Ross Wilson....it was better than the Rooty Hill Rissole anyway

 

[australian pete]

Flowed down Botany rd from Mascot RSL on many a night and up Wentworth Ave ,There used to be a hang out down at the local speed shop in Eastlakes shopping center,ran by a guy by the name of Vince Iversi , Rse spares ?? I think ,O! to the lost little grey cells.



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i dont know the area well, i live in the bush, near richmond, around 70 klms north west of sydney.

 

[australian pete]

I once had a beer there with Ross Wilson....it was better than the Rooty Hill Rissole anyway

your right there, it's got a lot more class than rooty hill. i once had a few red wines with normie rowe at ayers rock. (uluru) after a concert,trouble is i had too many reds and only remember portions of the conversation with the only rock star i have met, he is a really down to earth guy.