In the summer of 1982/83, in the long break between my first and second years at University, I worked for the Electricity Commission of NSW as a trainee electrical engineer at the Tamworth Regional Centre.
I could only find two photos from that time, that were included in the work placement report I had to write. Its interesting to note how much work safety standards have changed in 35 years.
Electricity Commission of NSW, 1983.
Electricity Commission of NSW, 1983.
In the summer of 1983/84, in the long break between my 2nd and 3rd years at University, I worked at Eraring Power Station near Newcastle, as a trainee electrical engineer.
At this time some of the generating units were in production, and some still under construction.
See also my other posts with photos of
While working at Wallerawang Power Station in the summer of 1985/86, I had a chance to visit Mt Piper Power Station nearby which was in the early stages of construction.
In the summer of 1985/86, in the long break between my 4th and 5th years at University, I worked at Wallerawang Power Station near Lithgow, as a trainee electrical engineer.
While working at Liddell Power Station in 1987, I snapped a couple of photos of Bayswater Power Station across the highway.
Bayswater Power Station, from the top of Liddell Power Station. 1987.
Bayswater Power Station.
Not Liddell power station – ABC News gets it wrong. (Actually Bayswater.)
Liddell power station (near Muswellbrook NSW) has been in the news this week, with a bit of a public stoush between its owners AGL who intend to close the station in 2022, and Malcolm Turnbull who wants to keep it open for five years beyond that date.
One of the frustrating aspects of this has been how frequently the media shows a picture of a power station other than Liddell when reporting on Liddell.
I’m familiar with Liddell power station as I worked there as an electrical engineer from December 1986 to January 1988 in my first job after graduating from university. Since the media is incapable of showing pictures of Liddell, I thought I’d scan and post some of the photos I took while I worked there. It was an interesting time, as there was a lot of repair and remediation work going on, and I got to look inside a lot of equipment that would normally be unseen.
After a hiatus of 117 years, the postal service to Whispering Gully was briefly resumed today, for a special delivery to Mr Griffiths.
Two things strike me about this article – firstly that the contractor has to be given three months notice, and is presumably paid for not delivering the mail for those three months, and secondly, the lurking but unasked question of how long Whispering Gully had been deserted before the authorities in Sydney cottoned on.
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser, Friday 20 April 1900, page 2
It’s not just the weather bringing me down today. Two minutes into my ride home from work my bicycle got into a somewhat unfair battle with a stray nail on the road.
I’ve never experienced a tyre go flat so quickly before. It went from intact to fully deflated in under a second. Fortunately it happened at one of the few times today when it wasn’t raining, so I was able to change the tube and get under way again without too much bother.