Readymix sign
Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 19:34
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Footloose
Can anyone plese provide me with the co ordinates of the giant Readymix
sign on the Nullabore ?
Site Link
TIA.
Reply By: Footloose - Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 19:35
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 19:35
Sorry, left the "a" out of please.
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Reply By: Sign-man - Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 19:41
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 19:41
32deg 12.827' S 125deg 21.486' E
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 20:00
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 20:00
Many thanks. Is it accessible by the public ?
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Reply By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 20:42
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 20:42
Footloose
I doubt the people are allowed in the, that's why it still can be seen from the sky..
If they let those youngins from Fraser island out there... then that's the last we will see of it ....LOL
zoom in on Google earth down to 580m above and you can see a two wheel track coming down at about 1 quarter down the top RH side
The
sign used to be on the main road
Richard
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 21:39
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 21:39
Thanks Richard. I've been along the main drag a time or three over the last 30 years and didn't know it was there. I always said that there's more stuff that I don't know about than stuff I do :))
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Reply By: Member - Warren R- Karratha WA - Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 23:35
Wednesday, Dec 13, 2006 at 23:35
G'day Guys
Does anyone know who and when did it. Leaves crop circles for dead. It would be pretty easy with a GPS, but if it was done before GPS days it would have been a good effort.
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 00:23
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 00:23
I've got it on a NATMAP from 1988!
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 00:31
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 00:31
Warren
Check out Footies site link on the top post
small wright up on it
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:49
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:49
theres also a small write up :P
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, Dec 28, 2006 at 02:31
Thursday, Dec 28, 2006 at 02:31
Ha Ha
One day I will learn this language :-P
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Reply By: Member -Signman - Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:53
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:53
Hi Footy
I was out there many moons ago- doing a Comms. exersise with the Army Signal Corps. It was the early days of micro-wave - and that area was nice & flat to set up the dishes.
We actually 'vandalised' the site by carving our Unit Number in the logo (but only about 6" high).
It should be accessible with a bit of no-road driving!!
73s from this end
VK2EZY/ R364
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:47
Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:47
Hi Signman. Next time I'm out that way I'll take a look.
Is that why they called you
sign man ? :))))
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 00:15
Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 00:15
The other thing to consider Footie is that you may notbe able to see the
sign from the ground.
Out on the
Mundi Mundi Plain at Eldee Station there is a sculpture in the ground called "Eldee Man". I have been there a few times and you can see nothing from the ground.
Eldee Man was drawn on paper by a local artist (Peter Anderson) and then carved into the ground by his brother who is a surveyor. He used traditional tools (no GPS).
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 07:25
Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 07:25
Duncs, yes there's that . I expect that even if you're there, it takes a bit of observation and imagination to "see" much.
The Eldee man is interesting. Was that the one where it is said to have appeared "overnight"? The one where there was some kerfuffle with the "traditional owners?"
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 15:20
Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 15:20
Footie,
Not aware of any kerfuffle. It is on leasehold land operated by private owners and I believe they gave full permission for the Artwork.
For it to appear overnight would be a little hard to believe. First off he had to measure and peg it using a theodolite and big hammer. Then he had to get the dozer in and drive around for a few days to put it in.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 16:22
Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 16:22
Duncs,
My apologies I was thinking of the Maree man...about which I also know little.
Is this Eldee Man visible in Google earth ?
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 21:58
Friday, Dec 15, 2006 at 21:58
I'm not sure about Google Earth.
If it is visible you would look just north of
Silverton, in the vicinity of 31.35S 141.06E.
Don't have Earth on this puter so I can't check.
Duncs
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