I’ve just finished the first version of my new website: Compare Funds – Managed Fund Comparison Charts and Statistics. Sorry to everyone I’ve ignored over the last couple of weeks – it’s been pretty intense trying to get this ready by today – a LOT of late nights! There is still a lot more work … [Read More »]
Wedding Day – June 1994
The morning of the wedding, my groomsmen met me at our unit for lunch before we headed off to the ceremony together. Although you (deliberately) can’t see them in any of the wedding photos, we all wore cartoon socks – I’m on the left wearing the Marvin the Martian socks, then we had Pepe Le … [Read More »]
Olympic Dam Copper Refinery – Feb 1994
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 »]
Olympic Dam Whenan Mine Shaft
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 »]
Olympic Dam Construction Camp – Feb 1994
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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