PHOTO GALLERY - CONSTRUCTION OF SITE
 
 

 

Ground Prepared With Heavy Roller The segments height levels pegged, formwork prepared, soill removed and rolled. Trevor Letchford on the roller.

Black Plastic Positioned

 Trevor Letchford, Stuart Sherlock and Kim Parks laying down plastic sheet.
DIck Morrow with Steel Mesh Dick Morrow and Trevor Letchford getting the steel mesh.
Steel Mesh Laid Steel Mesh placed on top of the plastic sheet.
Another Segment Gets Plastic And Steel Mesh Laid We did a lot of digging, rolling and setting up. A lot of black plastic and steel mesh was used for each of the six circle segments.
Concret Truck Arrives The Concrete Truck reversed near the circle segment. Stuart Sherlock, Peter White & Kim Parks foreground.
Concrete Truck Arrives

One of the 12 concrete trucks arrive at the site. The wheelbarrows will now be needed to unload the concrete.

 
Concrete Poured The concrete is laid on one segment of the racing circle. David Gannon on wheelbarrow, Ian Thompson on shovel and Steve Walton foreground.
Concrete Being Poured The transporting of concrete by wheelbarrows to another circle segment.
More Concrete Being Poured There was a lot of concrete required just for one segment and lots of hard work. Brian Greeve on the wheelbarrow.
Wet Concrete Setting The concrete has been deposited. Now we wait for the wet concrete to begin setting.
Pleased With Our Concrete Efforts Richard Bellis admiring our concrete laying skills.
Helicopter Machine Smoothing the Concrete Surface Our resident expert Steve Walton on the the helicopter machine, smoothing the semi-dry concrete surface.
Smoothing The Concrete Nearly finished polishing the concrete surface for this segment. Dick Morrow bought the helicopter for this project.
Final Dry Concrete Surface A large segment now dry and able to be walked upon.
Sweeeping Off Residue Off The Concrete Richard Bellis tidying up with the broom to remove concrete rubble left from the pouring.
Sprinkler Spraying Water The pipes and sprinklers were dug into the ground for the grass circle. The water spraying out onto the new turf.
All That Water Spraying Out The turf runners enjoying a good drink of water.
Kim Parks Applying Fertilizer Kim Parks applying fertilizer to feed the turf.
The Turf Begins To Spread The turf field begins to grow.
kangaroo jumping The local inhabitants enjoying the turf we planted.

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