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Archives for September 2007

Olympic Dam Copper Refinery – Feb 1994

Sunday 30th September, 2007 1 Comment

This is part of the copper refinery at the Olympic Dam mine site – the bright yellow substance is not “yellow cake” as many tourists are prone to believe … it is sulphur, used to make sulphuric acid, which is created on-site for use in the refining process. Most people think of Olympic Dam as … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Work

Olympic Dam Whenan Mine Shaft

Saturday 29th September, 2007 Leave a Comment

The first mine shaft at the Olympic Dam Uranium/Copper mine in South Australia. The Whenan Shaft was completed in 1982, and is used to bring crushed ore up to the surface, where it is transported several kilometres overland via conveyor belt to the processing plant. There has since been at least one other shaft constructed … [Read More »]

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Olympic Dam Construction Camp – Feb 1994

Friday 28th September, 2007 1 Comment

Construction camp at Olympic Dam villiage – still being used to house workers since there was a chronic shortage of accomodation (which I believe hasn’t improved since I was there in 1994!!). The yellow car is mine, and the first window / air conditioner behind it was my room … badly located, since I got … [Read More »]

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Top 10 most viewed photos in the Hampel Photo Gallery

Friday 28th September, 2007 2 Comments

Our family photo gallery (mostly used to hold the photos that we display on our blogs) has grown enormously since I set it up for Mum and Dad to use early last year. We now have over 1,100 photos (800 of which are from my father) – which have been viewed over 770,000 times! These photos … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Photography

Been busy

Thursday 27th September, 2007 1 Comment

I was going so well with regular blogging – even if it was just posting photos. … and then I got caught up with the building of my new website (I won’t link to it yet – it’s not quite ready for launch). The problem with developing a complex website where there is a lot … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Online

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