Photocache - February 2013 Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Things Photographic & Video on 01-Feb-13. Waypoint GA6210

Colbinabbin, Victoria

Impressive Painted silos.

Logging for the Cacheopoly Game

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We had to come home from Tamworth via coach which took us through Gunnedah where i spotted these beautifully painted grain silos
TFTLC

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We have visited many of these and instead of posting each one we have made a group photo

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S29° 32.029' E115° 45.804'

This silo in a lovely little sheep and wheat town called Three Springs in WA

These grain silos are placed at the new Hub being constructed at Ballarat with the purpose of diverting all the heavy freight away from the centre of the city
Found whilst completing a nearby G C Mystery cache
Thanks for the Locationless Dvixen

Gurley NSW
Grain silos between Moree and Narrabri. Wow! 136 weeks between logs - that could be good for the GA Scavenger Hunt!
TFTC Dvixen

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Found this pair while travelling around on the Atherton Tablelands.

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Happy to be able to log this one as haven't been passed one in a very long time.

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Spotted this silo close to these co ords while caching around Murray Bridge - attending the MEGA event here .... Don't find grain silos where I come from in the NT

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The Peanut Company of Australia was established in 1924 as the peanut Marketing Board. More than 95% of Australia's peanuts are grown in Queensland. These Silos have a raw capacity of 8000Tonne approximately and are used to store the nuts prior to distribution and processing. The original wood silos burnt down due to a fire in the lunch room in 1951.

Last one on the way home. The day is beautiful much nicer than yesterday BUT the rain was VERYYY welcome for winter crop germination.
This town seeming so far from anywhere but so big(ish). Anyway the tracks past the silo were very rusty but a busy silo at one time going by the size of the town.

Still on the way to Narrabri going thru Burren Junction, getting darker and rain falin and I was still looking for somewhere with cover to cook and set up camp. At least I found this silo.
Eventually got to set up camp south of Narrabri an hour later. At least I could cook under cover.

After leaving Walgett heading to Narrabri came across another huge Silo. Cryon is built on all the volcanic black soils that are so sticky but sooo fertile.

On the way north west to Walgett and camping. This was the first silo on the way.Birrawa is a working silo with lotsa trucks driving in and out.
Acko and Ute Dog II

GCA 822 - 7345. Found this Grain Silo in the near dark as I was heading home from a days caching around Tumut !

TFTC !!

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Tullamore. A new HOTBED of multiple caches well worth a trip and also a Silo.
acko

Trundle a lovely town with a great place that definately deserves a few caches.Pity we have this stupid rule that you can't have caches more than 160 kms from home. This is Aussie not Europe or Yanky land where there millions of people in thousands of towns everywhere.
Acko

Then along the road we came to Bogan Gate and again another silo full of potential Vita Brits.
Acko

Was heading out to Nymagee to check my 'Last Night' cache. Aidan my dearly departed son and I were returning from the Simpson with Ute Dog 1 and the Ackomobile III. A brilliant trip our last big camping trip together.
Love him and his memory.
Anyway going thru Manildra stopped for Brunch and got these pickies.
The building of the railroad and Railroad station opened New Manildra.The line from Molong was opened to traffic on 18.12 . 1893 the cost was $9786 per mile.
Thanks acko

This silo is near Windsor and around Chrissy they put this hugish Santa on the side. Pretty Christmassy Eh!. Went passed it yesterday and they have finally removed santa.
Thanks Acko

South Australia 2013 with Sol de Lune. With a bit of help I managed a raft of locationless caches on this trip. Lots of fun. 902

Thanks.
Albida

Spotted these silos on the road between Tumut and Gundagai. Interesting that they are an older style in corrugated iron.

Thanks for another interesting Photocache.

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Forgot to log this a while back.

Mackay Harbour Silos.

Bunbury Silos are now luxury apartments after being transformed in the 1990s
The original Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH) grain silos were built during 1937 and was the first time a continuous concrete pour into form-work was undertaken for a major construction. The non stop concrete pouring took around 480 man hours to complete.

The Silos became a major Bunbury icon and was eventually heritage listed. The Silos has now been transformed into a modern up market living complex with magnificent ocean views over Koombana Bay..

Grain Silos in Bathurst, NSW

Never thought I'd find any of these, but rogerw3 pointed them out as we drove towards a nearby trig!

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Grain Silos are all along the Midland Highway in Tasmania. The hardest part was picking which one I liked the most. This set of three opposite Glen Morey Road won
Thanks for the cache

Grain silo sighted near the junction of Powranna Road and the Midland Highway just south of Launceston, Tasmania.

I've waited a few weeks to take this photo.

I new they would be the perfect ones for this month's photocache.

I took this quote from the graincorp website for the enthusiasts.

GrainCorp Containers Sunshine

GrainCorp Containers Sunshine is conveniently located in metropolitan Melbourne with access to Melbourne Port Container Terminal. The site has AQIS accreditation for QA export containers, and empty box accreditation for export markets and the domestic Tasmanian market.

Top loading containers for export markets and dedicated storage bins are available for the TF1 Tasmanian market. The site has road and rail intake. It is supported by a dedicated 20-wagon, GrainCorp-operated train that delivers grain from broad gauge upcountry sites three times per week.

With 50,000 tonnes of vertical storage, GrainCorp Containers Sunshine is a dependable and experienced container packing facility that reliably meets container packing requirements.

TFTL

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Down my way on the way to the river. Take the dogs for a swim and ball chasing. This silo has been here a flamin' long time.

Found this slio while out caching in Northern Tasmania

Holidaying on the Yorke Peninsula, SA close to Port Giles which has a large grain storage facility. They just happened to be loading a ship.

I was driving from Hobart to the NW coast. Coming up past Colebrook in a rural area, this silo was in the middle of nowhere next to the old shed. Thanks for the cache.

The grain silos photographed are located next to one of the western berths at the Port of Devonport. From memory the four large silos were constructed in the late 1950s or early 1960s. What was memorable was the construction method. Once the foundations had been completed, the silos were constructed as a continuous pour from bottom to top with the formwork being jacked-up as the concrete at the bottom of the formwork set and hardened whilst freshly poured concrete was added at the top. Originally there were four silos but two more smaller ones were added at the southern end at a later date. The silos were used for grain imported into Tasmania and for many years, have been the only active grain silos in the state. Their use is declining as most grain is now brought into the state in containers. The grain silos on the waterfront in Hobart have been converted to luxury apartments whilst the silos near Kings Wharf in Launceston have been decommissioned for many years. There are also very early stage plans to convert these into a hotel and apartments.

I waymarked these silos in Allora on the Southern Darling Downs, Queensland in January last year. They're on the edge of town in a grain handling complex. Waymarks don't require a GPSr in the photo.

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These silos are in Launceston near the water front.
Have been here for a long time.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.

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Grain Silo, taller than a mile,
I'm watching you from far away.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to log.
We're after the same photocache--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Grain Silo and me

(Sung to the tune Moon River, by Frank Sinatra)