Tag Archives: Turner River
Camp Turner Entry Point at Turner River WA
Location: Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp, Pilbara Region, Western Australia After driving on dirt roads for over an hour from Port Hedland, we finally arrived at the BHP Turner River Bridge Project Village (Camp Turner) entry point. You’ll know you’re … Continue reading
Abutment Formwork at Turner River Bridge
Location: Turner River Rail Bridge Mining Construction Site Pilbara Region, WA The formwork used for the first concrete pour of this concrete bridge abutment. Formworker Getting Ready to Concrete this Abutment Formwork The red “spreader timbers” were also used to … Continue reading
Concrete Bridge Span Crane Lift at Turner River
Location: Turner River Rail Bridge Mining Construction Site Pilbara Region, Western Australia This 80 tonne pre-cast concrete bridge span is being placed onto the headstock and concrete embutment by a crane parked in the dry (at the moment) Turner River … Continue reading
Concrete Bridge Abutment at Turner River WA
Location: Turner River Rail Bridge Mining Construction Site Pilbara Region, Western Australia This concrete bridge abutment is part of a two track rail bridge which will replace the old single track rail bridge spanning across the Turner River in the … Continue reading
Camp Turner Single Accommodation Dongers
Location: Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp, Pilbara Region, Western Australia These Single Accommodation Units (Dongers) at Camp Turner mining construction camp are quite comfortable for the duration of a stint. As you would expect these days, all these air-conditioned Dongers … Continue reading
Camp Turner Cinemas
Location: Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp, Pilbara Region, Western Australia When Simon said to come up to Camp Turner to do a little bridge formwork, he mentioned that they had all the comforts of home like, Gym, Internet, theater Room … Continue reading
Snake Handling At Camp Turner
Turner River Sunrise
Location: Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp, Pilbara Region, Western Australia One of the highlights of doing formwork construction is seeing the sunrise every day. Just imagine, there are people who rarely ever get to see a sunrise. How lucky are … Continue reading
Brad and Black-Headed Python At Camp Turner
Location: Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp, Pilbara Region, Western Australia Formwork Carpenter Brad catches one of the numerous snakes hanging around Camp Turner Mining Construction Camp. While this Black-Headed Python is non-venomous, venomous snakes such as King Browns and Death … Continue reading
