Gate to Hell
Dularcha abandoned rail tunnel
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Burial Chamber
Dularcha abandoned rail tunnel
strobist info:
handheld 580ex, 1/128, 50mm, ~2 dozen pops
canon 10-22mm, 30s exposure
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Dularcha Railway Tunnel
Built through a sandstone ridge, Dularcha railway tunnel is located within Dularcha National Park, 5 kms north of Landsborough. Dominant vegetation in the area is brush box, flooded gums and ironbarks and stringybarks along the ridge. Part of the southern approach of the tunnel runs parallel to the current North Coast Line rail track.
The tunnel runs on a north south axis. Two semi-elliptical concrete portals are located at the north and south openings of the tunnel. The tunnel is concrete-lined throughout with cuttings at either end. A vehicular dirt track in the National Park in part following the original rail line now removed, passes through the Dularcha Railway Tunnel joining the two towns.
The tunnel is approximately 100 metres long and curves slightly towards the northern portal. The northern and southern portals are both similar in structure and design. They are curved and are approximately 4 metres high and 4.2 metres wide. A horizontal concrete ridge is located at the top of each façade, delineating the completion of the tunnel and the commencement of the natural sandstone and vegetation. Protruding from the cement façade of each portal, under the horizontal ridges and near to the natural rock wall, is a terracotta drainage pipe with a diameter of 20 centimetres.
Internally, the tunnel is surfaced with undecorated cement. Two safety bays are recessed into the tunnel and wall are also concrete faced. They are located approximately one third of the way in from each portal on its left and are wide enough for two people. Weep holes are located throughout the tunnel and are colonised by small bats.
www.epa.qld.gov.au/chims/placeDetail.html?siteId=16285
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Redrum
The Red Bridge, Logan River.
I'd already decided tonight was going to rank pretty low in the excitement factor - a pedestrian bridge isn't exactly the sort of thing to get your blood pumping (unless your a female jogger on the northside). I would however like to thank the residents of Loganholme for ensuring the night wasn't a complete bore - it started with kids out way past their bed-time throwing a scooter at, on and off the bridge; a bit of light skylarking and the sort of thing I'd probably have done as a kid with nothing better to do. Queue half-naked guy with dog & rifle. As you'd expect, he was none too impressed with their behaviour and saw them on their way with a string of obscenities. There's a certain convenience when one appears to fit in with the *wrong* kind of crowd.
The drive home was particularly uneventful.
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Canberra Bombers #1
Willowbank, QLD
strobist info:
single 1,000,000 CP torch, diffused.
exposure 63 sec @ f7.1
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Uploaded on Dec 12, 2009
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