Wind Power Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Gwennie1984 on 16-Nov-08. Waypoint GA1278

Sorell, Tasmania

A single turbine in a carpark.

Logging for the Cacheopoly Game.

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Musselroe Wind Farm is situated in the north-east corner of Tasmania, surrounded on two sides by some of the most picturesque beaches in Tasmania. The wind farm was constructed and commissioned in 2013 and is by far the largest of the three Woolnorth Renewables Wind Farms. There are 56 Vestas V90 wind turbines at the site giving a total installed capacity of 168 MW. The turbines are mounted on top of towers that are 80m high with blades that are 44m long.
Over a 12 month period, Musselroe produces approximately 5 percent of Tasmania’s electrical energy needs.

With its spectacular views of Bass Strait and the Musselroe Wind Farm, the Tebrakunna Visitor Centre is accessible from the road to Little Musselroe Bay on Cape Portland Road. The centre is located on the right just before the Little Musselroe Bay recreation area.

The centre includes informative displays about the wind farm, the traditional landowners, the history of the Cape Portland property, and the maritime and mining history of the north-east region.

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I was travelling onboard the Indian Pacific train from Sydney to Perth. I have taken a photo of a wind farm which I believe is Collgar Wind Farm nearing Perth. I have only seen a wind turbine a few times. There are none in my local area. Thanks for the cache Rillian-N7

This stand alone wind turbine is just north of the suburb of Berowra, in the far northern reaches of Sydney. It is located at the local Rural Fire Service fire spotting tower and depot, I can only assume it is for backup power if the mains fails during a disaster. Thanks for the cache.

The view from a gc cache Water Tower Views.
EDITHBURGH On SA Yorke Peninsula.
A large wind farm.
Thanks for the cache.

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This wind turbine is on a farm between Wesley Vale and Port Sorell Tasmania.

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In Kiama and were surprised with this turbine as we came around the bend
TFTLC

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This photo was taken at the Windfarm just out of Geraldton WA, of a really foggy morning.
I’m standing next to a blade, and looking down the side of it you can see the wind turbine in the fog.
Thanks for the Locationless Cache

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This photo was taken at the Windfarm just out of Geraldton WA, of a really foggy morning.
I’m standing next to a blade, and looking down the side of it you can see the wind turbine in the fog.
Thanks for the Locationless Cache

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Taken from the top of Ben Major near Beaumont Victoria.
If you look beyond Muggle Hubby and I you will see a vast array of turbines.
I’ve never seen so many in one place.
There’s also an old cache GCRCW5 called Major views, and a trig point up here, well worth the drive up,

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Near the coordinates given, on the Crookwell to Goulburn Road.

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This was the end of a lovely sunset at the Waubra Windfarm, in Western Victoria.
You can drive up fairly close to these turbines along this road.
TFTC Trillian N7

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I had planned on doing the wind farm on the Hume highway after I come out from Narellan but I travelled down a different way and missed it. Heading from Goulburn to Canberra I saw this wind farm on the other side of Lake George from a rest area when I stopped to do GA11050. TFTC

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Spotted a small turbine on the roof of a house south of Lismore

We visited this wind farm at Toora. It is owned by RATCH Australia Corporation. TFTC

I was visiting the Melbourne Museum today and came across this collection of windmills and a wind turbine. I thought a photo of this 'wind farm' would meet the cache requirements, so took a photo. Cheers and TFTC

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The Lake George wind farm as seen at Taylors Creek. It was very windy today and I noticed that these turbines which were spinning fast when I was up close, had been stopped by the time I got back to the main road. Apparently they do this in high winds to avoid damage to the internal workings. It was good to see how huge these are. My ex-husband actually pumped the concrete pads for each of these turbines.

While visiting perth we found this wind turbine in the carpark on Riverside drive

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Emu Downs wind farm WA.

From Wikipedia:
The Emu Downs Wind Farm (30°30′S 115°20′E) is a 79.2 MW wind farm in Western Australia. It was a joint development between Stanwell Corporation and Griffin Energy. The site is approximately 200 kilometres north of Perth, near Cervantes. Construction of the $180 million project commenced in November 2005, and the project was commissioned in October 2006.

Emu Downs consists of 48 Vestas wind turbines (each with 1.65 MW generating capacity), a substation, interconnection to the main 132 kV electricity grid, administration and stores buildings, and a network of access roads. The wind farm is close to the coast, with a good quality wind resource that has increased wind speeds and reliability aligning with periods for peak power demand.

The wind farm provides electricity to run a desalination plant, 260 km (160 mi) to the south. The Kwinana Desalination Plant, located just south of Perth, turns water from the Indian Ocean into nearly 152 million litres (40 million gallons) of drinking water per day.

Emu Downs is accredited under the Australian Government's Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 and as a Green Power Generator by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority.[1]

In June 2011, the wind farm was acquired by the APA Group for $170 million from the failed Griffin Group.

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Woodlawn wind farm where I ran 'Run with the Wind'. So windy up there

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hello Trillian-N7 thanks for the cache.

I don't know if this one is applicable to this cache.

I saw spotted this little wind generator mounted on a letter box from what I can see the name might light up at night, any way its a bit of fun.

TFTC

Windy Hill Wind Farm, Ravenshoe, Qld.

Windy Hill was the first wind farm to be built in Qld. Construction commenced in 1999 with the turbines commissioned in 2000. The wind turbines are supplied by German company Enercon.

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We were driving through Armadale WA on our return to Perth from our day trip to Bunbury when we spied this in a business yard on the corner of Stone Street and the South Western Highway. No idea why it is there but it was turning. TFTL Trillian-N7

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Oh my gosh, are these things big !! This is the closest I have been to one of these wind turbines. They are whisper quiet but in saying that, I would not like to live too close to one, the turbine hum, even though it is quiet, would be enough to send you round the twist. I've seen them lots of times as I have been travelling the Hume Freeway out near Cullerin, south of Goulburn, but this is the closest that I have been. Out here there are truck loads of these things. Thanks for this locationless.

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Another small one. This one had a very different design, which I hope can be seen in the picture. This one is in Cairns, opposite the cairns Convention Centre. It was brought to my attention by the fact that there is a geocache attached to it. I don't know what it is powering...

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Another on on Campbells Creek Rd between Windeyer and Aarons Pass, NSW

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I wonder how much power one of these generates? Why don't we all have them?

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This was the most apt place for a wind turbine. When we stopped here to pick up a GC cache, it was...well, WINDY! ANNOYINGLY WINDY> We we glad to get the heck out of here.

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Mt. Millar Wind Farm is 100 km SW of Whyalla. Built in 2006 it has 35 Enercon E70 2Mw wind turbines. Enough power to supply 36,000 homes.
TFTLC

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Hampton, NSW



Have spotted these well-known generators in the past but never stopped to take a photo.

Settled for a longer distance shot because I was the guest of someone else, who was driving, and I didn't want to make him drive me to a better position!

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Drove past Wattle Point wind farm today while caching

I was on my way to my sister's house at Upper Stowport when I saw this impressive installation in the paddock next to the road. Thanks for the cache.

In Marlborough wine country in NZ.

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These seem to be popping up all over New Zealand lately.

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WanderingAus wandered by after attending GA4680Bingo Event Cache (Perth) Part I By: fluffyfish and arriving at the venue for GA4939 Bingo Event Cache (Perth) Part II By: fluffyfish, and spotted this wind and solar powered light. A small wind turbine, supplemented by two solar photovoltaic collectors approximately 90 cm by 60 cm, provide the electrical power for two high efficiency LED lights.



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T4TC Gwennie1984
Keith

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GCA 625 - 6462. The Wind Farm near Blayney NSW with the Geokids GSC2000 and Stardust 2410.

TFTC !!

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King Island Power Station
Huxley Hill was the first wind farm Hydro Tasmania developed in 1997 to harness some of best wind resources in Australia.

It has 3 X 250kW Nordex Generators
and 2 X 850kW Vestas Generators

The wind generation supplies around 35% of the islands Power supply.

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We found this wind farm near Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland on our trip up to the cape. The wind farm has 20 turbines and provides power for the towns of the tableland.

Spotted this wind turbine near the highway at Myalla in NW Tasmania.

Spotted this mobile wind turbine in a paddock near the highway at Montumana in NW Tasmania. Hadn't seen one on a trailer before.

Spotted this wind powered street light whilst driving to a GC cache in Dunsborough W.A

Ms MajuraHathi snapped this wind generator as we drove past on the Hume near Gunning in NSW. Some people don't like them, well I ask what's not to like about them. There are everywhere in other countries and we are now starting to get on board. Bring it on.

Thanks for the locationless cache.

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Spotted this wind powered item being transported along the streets of Darwin recently on its way to a new location ...

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WanderingAus wandered by on a Waymarking trip, travelling along Albany Highway through Maddington when I remembered this wind turbine with solar panels on the roof of my auto electrician and car air conditioning mechanic.



My Locationless Find number 1957, Geocaching Australia Find number 2110, and overall find number 4826.

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Keith

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A tall wind turbine that sits above Gerroa on the south coast. It's on a dairy farm & is the largest privately owned one I've seen - the more the better. There are quite a few smaller examples on farms & lifestyle blocks on the south coast. Co-ords taken from Blackhead Reserve.

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Spotted this wind power experiment at East Point Darwin recently T4TC

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North of Christchurch on the highway near a gc cache.

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Spotted the Wind Power at "Emu Downs - GC102HA" Thanks.

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Wind Turbine, Ulverstone High School, Tasmania

A recently opened facility at Ulverstone High School is the Environmental Learning Centre. Features of the centre include a wind turbine and solar heater for energy production, kitchen garden and hydroponics for sustainable food production, classrooms and a laboratory. Active involvement in all aspects of the centre enable students to develop understandings of the importance of sustainability in their futures.

In this area.

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In outback Victoria.

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I am not sure if I like these or not.

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Spotted this experiment while out driving in the Darwin area recently.

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Found nearby a cache in Hampton just off the road to Jenolan caves earlier this year.

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anderingAus wandered by on day 67 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after visiting the Darwin Quilting Show with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) she decided to take a run out to East Point. Since my last visit only a week earlier this Urban Green Energy combined wind turbine, solar panel and light has been installed.



This one is so new it hasn't been fully concreted into place. I saw two similar wind turbines by the same company at the Darwin Show just a week earlier.

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Keith

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Saw this wind power as we drove through Stanthorpe

Saw this wind power as we left Maitland

Came across this Wind Power whilst caching in Newcastle

The signe here says new Child Cente is being built.

Well, with a couple of very large free standing solar panels and this small wind turbine, these kids will certainly grow up knowing what being Green is all about!!!!!!

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WanderingAus wandered by, meandering towards home from Albany after the GC2KA92 WA Caching 10th Birthday Bash - Albany 2011 by tangowithcupcake, and came across the Mount Barker Community Wind Farm. There are three Wind Turbines here, but only two are visible from the main gate East of the farm.



I found another gate just over a kilometre further south which showed me all three turbines, but I had to zoom in a long way to see them.



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Keith

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This wind-power generator is on private property south-west of Gerringong. We were knocking on the door hoping to see the owner about using his land during filming of a commercial planed for a few days later, and I noticed the "big fan" not far from the house. Although he was out, we left a card under the door and did get what we needed, so not only a GCA cache find, but a sucessful trip as well.
(co-ords from the dirveway, not far from the "fan."

Wattle Point Windfarm, near Edithburg on Southern Yorke Peninsula, SA. The attached image depicts a mixture of vintage and technology, both wind-powered of course!

This wind turbine stands on the foreshore in Geelong.

It's a vertical Axis Turbine that powers the lighting in the nearby boat ramp car park.

Extra power is fed back into the power grid.

At the time I visited it was hard at work with the wind blowing in off the bay.

TFTC

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As we were driving home from Queensland to Victoria we noticed these turbines in the distance.

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Found on the way back from Phillip Island last year
Toora wind farm is a wind power station at Toora in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is located is north of Wilsons Promontory and 150km SE of Melbourne. The wind farm is on a ridge overlooking the small town of Toora.

Toora has 12 wind turbines, each of 1.75 MW rated capacity, with a total generating capacity of 21 MW of electricity. The power station was completed in 2002.

One of Toora's turbines can power up to 6,600 homes.

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This wind powered generator is privately owned and is located on a winery near Coolangatta (NSW). I was reading an article in the local rag wherein the owner stated it should supply sufficient energy to run the home & the winery. Beautifully positioned to take advantage of all the wind changes. There is another one < 500 metres away on an acreage. Thanks.

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I took a picture of these turbines some time ago but from the opposite side (adjacent to the western shore of Lake George). Much closer today although there wasn't much movement.

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Codrington Wind farm is located on the south west coast of Victoria. It was completed in June 2001. When it opened it was the largest wind farm in Australia and the first in Victoria. There were 14 wind turbines when it opened and now there are 34 turbines that stretch along the coast to the nearby township of Yambuk to the west. The turbines are 70 metres tall. A hour long tour of the wind farm is available.

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spotted Wind Power from Red Gables Rd, Box Hill NSW, Thanks Gwennie1984 for the cache

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While we was holiday in Robe SA. On this day we went out for caching. Found it at GC1M7R1 which its very close to see.

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Wind turbines near Edithburgh S.A. We counted close to 60 in this wind farm

Coming back from a hike to the Jenolan River spotted a set of two turbines just off the Jenolan Caves road near Hampton. Hard to get a parking spot with them in view but here is as close as I could get!

From the Builders Website:
Sinclair Knight Merz provided project management and engineering services for the design, development and construction of the $2.4 million Hampton Wind Park.

The Wind Park consists of two 660 kW Vestas V-47 wind turbines, each 74 metres in total height, and with rotors of 47 metres in diameter.

The Project, on a 500 hectare property at Hampton, was carried out for leading venture capital firm, CVC-REEF (Wind Corporation Australia) and the farm’s owners, under the Hampton Wind Park Company, led by Hugh Litchfield.

The Wind Park generates around 1.32 Megawatts of electricity – enough to power 500 homes and, because it is from a renewable source, will reduce greenhouse gases by 3000 tonnes each year.

This is equivalent to taking about 660 cars off the road per year.

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 93 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, exploring around Lightning Ridge, and spotted this large wind generator on a local house. This is the largest one I've ever seen on a private dwelling.



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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 93 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, exploring around Lightning Ridge, and spotted a lot of wind generators on the local houses. Nearly all of them seem to have been supplied by the one supplier.



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Keith

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Found these wind turbines on a country drive to Yass with Just a Cacher & Black Bunny, although this one was not doing much today.

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Found these wind turbines on a country drive to Yass.

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This wind powered generator is privately owned and may be a fore-runner of things to come. It can be viewed off the Arthur Highway in Taranna, Tasmania. Pics will be called GZ1 etc.

The second set of pics, coded GZ2 are of the new wind powered "fans" located on the Marine Board Building in Hobart, but Cheesypig beat me to them. Just giving another view. Cheers and TFTC, OldSaint.

The new wind power turbines on the Governemnt building in Hobart. Concerns were raised about them being ugly and pluckign birds out of the air and eating them like the gargoyles of Ankh Morporke. Time will tell, plus we have too many pigeons anyway

Found whilst traveling through Victoria. These muggles are into wind and solar.

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This wind turbine was spotted while caching. It's located not far from Horse Park Dr and is part of the Amaroo School complex. This school is new and enormous - this is a real growth area for Canberra. It's impressive to see a wind turbine in this setting.

Found a wind farm between Snowtown and Redhill, SA on our way home from a trip to Coober Pedy, Uluru, Kings Canyon and Alice Springs for the holidays.

Found the wind turbine at Coober Pedy on our way to Uluru, Kings Canyon and Alice Springs for the holidays.

Saw this home made wind turbine in Bororen CQ which needs a good breeze to generate power. I have seen a number of such turbines over the years, the most innovative in Grawin west of Lightning Ridge. The garden was a beauty too.

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While riding my road bike back from Tarago (Sthn Highlands NSW), I came across VERY close up about 50 wind power generators.

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this is the snowtown windfarm in a distance. also the big blade at snowtown: s33 46.819 e138 12.882

WanderingAus wandered by on day 38 of our annual 'Climatic Refugee' trip, on the way to hunt down GC270BV I See ICECREAM by Braelair & BurgerGirl, and found this Ropatec Wind Rotor near the Rockpool on The Strand.



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Keith

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Looking over towards the northern end of the Hallett Wind Farm - still a lot of activity going on. I was standing at GZ for one cache and there is another GZ for a cache at the intersection between here and the windfarm.

We came by the Emu Downs Wind Farm on a trip from Perth to the Pinnacles. Haven't seen this farm before and it's huge - 48 turbines!

Taken near Albany in Western Australia. This is an interesting location, we had a great time in Albany. I am sure that the wind will keep this turbine rotating for quite some time. THanks for the great idea for a cache.

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Spotted the only one wind power - It still work well. Look so cute... Thanks.

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Here's a small scale one.Spotted on a yacht moored in Ross Creek in Townsville.Thanks for the cache.

Feel free to tell me it's not, but I found an 'old fashioned' wind turbine (windmill) that was still working in Jugiong - it was providing the electricity for a water pump for a waterfall dedicated to a local.

Found it (12:31) on way home from OzMega event...

Google Maps tells me the area is Breadalbane..

It was quite intersting in how much the wind must vary as some turbines where spinning quite happily, some stopping & starting & others not moving at all....

Wind farm found on the way to Wagga Wagga, outside of Canberra.

This picture was taken overlooking the Waubra Windfarm in Victoria.

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This photo was taken in the town of Buangor in Victoria. The wind turbines are the Challicum Hills wind towers.

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While I come to near the cache called Pelicans' Rest - GC1VX88. And saw so many Wind Power. Beauty view. Thanks.

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Albany's wind farm.

Found during our 2010 Wagga to Wollongong Caching tour. The tour was conducted over 5 days taking in the various sites and towns situated between these two cities. Just below Goulburn, NSW.

while we was holiday in Yorke Peninsula SA. stopped at GCQ9H3 for caching.

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