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Post by golfview on Mar 27, 2012 21:40:41 GMT 10
ok, here is my 1st try at uploading a photo. See if you know where this is. i feel like i've picked an easier one from our collection. Good Luck
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Post by Don Ricardo on Mar 27, 2012 23:23:48 GMT 10
Hi Golfview,
Kuranda Scenic Railway?
Don Ricardo
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Post by golfview on Mar 28, 2012 19:05:21 GMT 10
Very good Don, should have posted my second choice of photo....... next time maybe
Yes it is Kuranda- taken on our honeymoon nearly 7 years ago
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Post by scootman on Mar 30, 2012 0:16:32 GMT 10
Hmmm looks like Kuranda to me
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Post by Don Ricardo on Mar 30, 2012 21:31:07 GMT 10
Hi Golfview, Kuranda will hold some special memories for you then. We had a memorable holiday there with our kids in 1996. Did you go on the Skyrail as well as the railway? Both are pretty spectacular. OK everyone, on to the next test. Where's this? Hopefully this will provide a bit of a challenge! You are welcome to tell us not only where it is, but also what it is. I know the answer to the first question, but not the second. Don Ricardo
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Post by millsy on Mar 31, 2012 21:39:44 GMT 10
I reckon I saw something like this on the old Ghan line between Maree and Oodnadatta last year. If I remember correctly I think it was a desalination plant for the local artesian bore water, so that when the steam trains used the water their boilers did not rust out so quickly.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 1, 2012 21:34:15 GMT 10
I reckon I saw something like this on the old Ghan line between Maree and Oodnadatta last year. If I remember correctly I think it was a desalination plant for the local artesian bore water, so that when the steam trains used the water their boilers did not rust out so quickly. G'day Millsy, You may have seen something like this item between Marree and Oodnadatta, but that's not where this one is. Right state but wrong location. The object is in a part of the state which has no natural water supply, so maybe your suggestion that it is part of a desalination plant is correct, although I thought that its surrounds suggested more of a processing plant for some mineral deposit (but that is just a guess). My initial impression was that somebody had gone to a lot of trouble to ensure that their shed didn't get broken into by putting it way out of reach! ;D ;D ;D More thoughts on location? Don Ricardo
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Post by golfview on Apr 2, 2012 7:54:15 GMT 10
to me it looks like its near tyhe site of an old mine or quarry (bottom right corner trolly with rocks) but got me stummped. we're near yorke peninsula and dont recall seeing anything like that......
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Post by Geoff & Jude on Apr 2, 2012 7:55:10 GMT 10
You are welcome to tell us not only where it is, but also what it is. I know the answer to the first question, but not the second. Don Ricardo hi don ricardo i might be able to answer your second question. i think that it's a long drop toilet - they didn't have a shovel handy so they built a tower instead. geoff 'n jude
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Post by seeshell on Apr 2, 2012 7:56:46 GMT 10
Hi all
I think it looks a bit like a water tower to refill trains (got that swinging hose at the bottom).
Have no idea where it is...
Cheers Seeshell
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 2, 2012 23:12:46 GMT 10
...we're near yorke peninsula and dont recall seeing anything like that...... Hi Golfview, You're very warm! Don Ricardo
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Post by golfview on Apr 4, 2012 21:18:27 GMT 10
horray i have amswer to part a, and working on part b. hubby declared he knows where it is and we've gone past it a few times (i must have been looking the other way. stay tuned. hope to have part b answer tomorrow.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 5, 2012 23:14:23 GMT 10
Hi Golfview, Glad you're on the case. I will be interested to see your answers! I was beginning to think that there wouldn't be anyone who could get it - or I would have to give some strong hints. Not even Olfarts, Humpty or Roehm have chimed in with a suggestion, and they seem to have been more places than most of us. Your husband is obviously an observant chap. But of course you haven't given your answers yet... And Geoff n Jude - ;D ;D ;D Don Ricardo
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Post by Roehm3108 on Apr 6, 2012 6:36:48 GMT 10
Busily finding new POI's at the moment DR ;D ;D ;D Even caught up with Humpty's resto - great job going on there!!! Must admit you've got me stumped with this one though!
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Post by golfview on Apr 6, 2012 20:16:42 GMT 10
Its Near STANSBURY SA, and i've got the historical society and the yorke peninsular historical societys chasing it up to find out what it maybe. stay tuned.......
Ok so i should have just asked my Dad in stead of making phone calls to the historical societys. Dad was born on the yorke peninsular and my family has a long history there. Dad said it was a lime burner, all along the bottom end of the yorke peninsular (inneston, pine point area) was big on lime and gypsum mining. they had big towers like above to burn the lime... As usual Dad's a fountain of info.....
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 6, 2012 23:32:33 GMT 10
G'day Golfview, Near Stansbury, SA is...CORRECT! Well done and congratulations on your perseverance! As to your father's explanation of what it is? Who am I to disagree with him? I've got no idea what it is, so I'm very happy to defer to his knowledge of the history of the Yorke Peninsula and its historical artefacts. Over to you for another pic... Don Ricardo
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Post by harriet on Apr 7, 2012 17:02:44 GMT 10
hi harriet here .it is the old lime kiln tower near stansbury .itwas a big place far back when .
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Post by golfview on Apr 10, 2012 8:49:33 GMT 10
Ok Happy Travellers, see if you can tell me where this lovely view is........... So far thats the only clue i'm giving good luck
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Post by golfview on Apr 10, 2012 15:09:32 GMT 10
Hi Iris, yes it a railway bridge and currently unused. when it was used it was seasonal use
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Post by golfview on Apr 15, 2012 18:11:19 GMT 10
Have i made this a bit too tricky..........................? or are you all googling like mad?
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 15, 2012 22:03:02 GMT 10
Hi Golfview, It is a bit tricky, even to Google. That's not a bad thing, though! You may need to give us another clue to get us going... Perhaps I can ask a couple of questions to which you can respond: 1. Given where you live, I am going to guess that it is somewhere in South Australia. Am I warm? 2. You say that its use was seasonal. I am therefore guessing that it was used to transport grain from a silo somewhere to a port, and hence the bridge was used only during harvest. Am I warm? Don Ricardo
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Post by golfview on Apr 16, 2012 20:35:41 GMT 10
Don Ricardo, you must be an excellent marks man, as you have hit the bullseye on both......
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Post by Don Ricardo on Apr 16, 2012 23:32:52 GMT 10
Don Ricardo, you must be an excellent marks man, as you have hit the bullseye on both...... Hi Golfview, You are very kind, but I am not sure where to go next! I thought I'd look at a map of South Australian railway lines... Hmmm, that gives me a few options! I presume the photo is of a place somewhere on the map, but which place? I wonder how how many iron bridges there are on all those lines? Based on the hills in the photo, I'm going to guess that the bridge is in the agricultural district north of Adelaide. Warm or cold? (I think this called a process of elimination. ) Don Ricardo
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Post by golfview on Apr 17, 2012 15:45:25 GMT 10
great map. getting warmer...
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Post by cobber on Apr 17, 2012 16:04:06 GMT 10
G'day Golfview,
Would C.J. Dennis have known where this Bridge is ?
Cobber.
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