Solar powered Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By corunnaroad on 24-Sep-11. Waypoint GA3399

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I saw several of these Road Work signs on my drive. They appear to be powered by batteries charged by solar power.

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I saw this impressive solar powered light system at a boat ramp at Lake Eppalock today.
It was the middle of the day, so, of course, we don’t know if it was working effectively or not.
Thanks for the locationless Corunnaroad

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Noticed this big array of solar panels on the Fishermans Co-op facility at the harbour at Coffs Harbour. Had a flashback to this locationless remembering a previous log on this back in June 2012. Thanks corunnaroad for the opportunity to highlight the sustainable powering of this significant facility at Coffs Habour. It was a glorious day for caching while on an Easter visit to town.
Cheers
MajuraHathi

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This bird is solar powered and the wings move in the wind. It is at The Wetlands Browns Plains Queensland. There are a GC caches nearby.

Going to Yeppoon for a week and deviated in Bajool Qld just south of Rockhampton Qld to find a cache and managed to pick up three locationless as well. Bajool was a sleepy little country town until the minerals boom and now people are starting to live here as infrastructure appears for a near by deep water port and coal loading facility. Spied these on the roof of the community hall. I discovered they not only power the needs of the hall but the town common water pump as well. TFTL CORUNNAROAD

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Not overly sure what this solar powered installation is for - perhaps a monitoring station on a gas pipeline - at Beaconsfield in northern Tasmania.. thanks..!!

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A solar powered parking meter in the Launceston CBD in northern Tasmania. This one very newly installed in an area previously with free all day parking. Apparently installed to give fairness to all who want to park in the area. Sceptical??, methinks this yet another excuse for revenue raising by the local council.. thanks..!!

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A solar-powered 'Fire Danger Rating' sign, seen along Main Road, Eltham, VIC.

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I hope this is in the spirit of the cache.

This was a project that I worked on some years back, a solar powered (well, recharged) mobile phone payment system, parking meter.
The gist was that you could use your phone to pay for your parking, and it would appear as an itemised charge on your phone bill. That is until the phone comapny development agreement went sour and the whole thing went kafluey.

There were 2 trial sites established (when the project was still a goer), the on street parking along Bronte Road, Bronte Beach, NSW and along the southern edge of Flagstaff Gardens, Melbourne, Vic. Sadly, when the project closed, the meters were removed.

The photos are of the first pre-production prototype to be made at our South Melbourne office, and was set up outside for a publicity photoshoot. The coordinates are of that location.

Using as a claim for my Summer Scavenger Series.

Thanks for the locationless cache corunnaroad.

#GA1241 - 09:55; I was headed out to refuel the geomobile in preparation for a mission to reclaim lost territory to the north with Sol de lune when I stopped off to grab a quick snap of a local facility which is helping to power Canberra. TFTC corunnaroad

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solar powered lights in Jamison Park Penrith NSW

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I found a solar panel attached to a ?water tank thingy at Picton, NSW

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I was at Crinigan Road Reserve, Morwell looking for Emergency Markers to log that locationless and had no success there, but as I was returning to the car, I noticed this brand new toilet block with the solar panels on top! Perfect - thanks Latrobe City Council for helping me out with this locationless! TFTC Corunnaroad

Found a little solar setup on Mugga Lane.

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found this little solar setup near work.

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Well, there's lots of uses for solar panels but I doubt you could find a better use than this. GC6PMFC Village Gate is a solar powered geocache.

Little Squirrel has built a reputation for very well made and unusual cache hides. This one consists of a solar panel at the top of the post, a metal box containing the cache part way down the post and a release button hidden somewhere nearby.
The panel keeps an battery charged. The battery runs the electronics control the door release to give access to the cache. The trick is in finding the release button.

USQ where i work is going solar. stage 1 is to install a roof on its largest car park made up of solar panels this stage 1 comprises of 4000 panels to generate 1.9 MW of a area the size of four football fields. I believe they are installing battery systems around the campus at the same time

I spotted this sign opposite the petrol station in Batemans Bay - lots of the School speed limit signs have these now which improves visibility for motorists. TFTC

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I have seen these message boards at various places on the Mornington Peninsula during the summer holidays and today I realised that they are solar powered. Unfortunately you cannot clearly see the solar panels on the top of this sign but they are there, collecting power from the sunshine.

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The Pines, Elanora Qld

Where do you park your solar car? In Australian's biggest solar carpark of course.

When our local shopping centre was re-developed they built a carpark on top of the centre. Instead of providing shade with shade cloth sails or a conventional roof, the saw-tooth roof structure actually supports solar panels. 636kW worth of solar panels or enough to power 20% of the centre's air conditioning for a year.

In my photo attached, its not so easy to see how it works because its actually towards the back of the centre, although there is signage at the top of the ramp and when you are in the carpark you can look up underneath the panels. They are using the panels for shade for the carpark as well as generating electricity, although they don't work that well for rain protection.

If you are interested, here is a link to an article on the setup. https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/gold-coast-shopping-centre-adds-636kw-solar-carpark-australias-largest/

Thanks for the locationless.

School Zone sign located on Sackville Road approaching Ebenezer Public School

School speed limit signs are powered by solar panels. The composite photo added to the Gallery contains two views of such signs outside Westbury Primary School. One photo shows the face of the sign more clearly, the other the solar panels. Thanks corunnaroad for the cache.

found this solar powered gate with dezzabills and FlyingPigSquadron.
Thanks for the cache Corunnaroad.

Just when we were wondering where we were going to find something solar powered for the Summer Scavenger Series we remembered this. A cool solar powered bird sculpture in the Berrinba Wetlands, Brisbane. Not only do the wings flap but the bird goes up when the wings push down and down when they're up . . . . yeah, probably not the best description but the movements are amazingly realistic.
TFTC corunnaroad

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This is a solar powered CCTV camera at the wharf. With the very large parking area, people used to come and do wheelies around the car park

It's a solarpowered "you are not allowed to drive more than 40 km/h sign when the lights are flashing", not to be confused with their siblings without the flashing lights.

This temporary boom gate at work is powered by solar panel.

Nothing better than a solar powered ticket machine. Maybe there isn't a backup so if there is no sun it goes out of order? It did so not in order when I was there. Found this one near UWA on Hackett Dr

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Out and about for the Summer Scavenger Series 2016/17 and snapped this solar panel on a school speed limit sign.

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Broughton Street
Kangaroo Valley, NSW

Solar powered thing'a'me'jig, what'some'a'call'it .... I don't know what it is.

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Found this while out with Caughtatwork and mummy.

Little solar power system powering the school zone at North Turramurra. Good to see councils using the sun to power these safety devices.

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A standalone solar cell for a City West water monitoring station. I drive past this daily so this was an easy find for the Summer Scavenger Series.

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Spotted these two solar panels atop school flashing lights at Huonville. TFTL Will use for the Summer Scavenger Series games

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Solar Powered Security Camera, Kenmore Cemetery - Goulburn, NSW

A solar powered security camera near the amenities block in the carpark of this large cemetery. The cemetery contains many historical graves worthy of protection & this camera covers a strategic part of the grounds.

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School Zone sign located on Sackville Road near Ebenezer Public School

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Out and about looking for things for the Summer Scavenge Series and came across this solar powered school warning sign at Asquith. On the corner of what used to the Pacific Highway (now Peats Ferry Road) and Bouvardia Street. This is for students at Asquith High School. Thanks corunnaroad.

this one charges up the batteries in my motorhome so I can run the fridge & lights when I am away from electricity.

I was driving past Coolabunia State School and deviated to take a photo of the sign so that I could make a claim on the 3 centuries locationless and spied these on the roof. There are three buildings at this school with solar arrays on the roof. TFTL Corunnaroad.

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Uterne Solar Power Station in Alice Springs. Uterne means ‘bright sunny day’ in the local Arrente language.
When built, the system was projected to produce 2300 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity per year, equivalent to the annual consumption of 270 average Alice Springs houesholds. The solar farm will produce about 1% of Alice Springs’ electricity a year and can meet 3% of peak demand on a sunny day.

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Driving from Perth to Mandurah and there was roadworks which had temporary speed limit signs that were solar powered.

Found this in the middle of Gasworks Bridge in Parramatta. Don't know what it is being used for as I couldn't see what it was attached to (maybe a light underneath the bright for the Parramatta ferry) Thanks for the locationless corunnaroad

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Solar panels are quite a common sight these days.
We drove quite a few miles behind this caravan today.

Solar powered Rail Crossing warning sign.
We saw this one is on the outskirts of Colebrook in Tas.

These buildings are at the Charles Darwin UNiversity and look like they could power a lot of things.

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An interesting vehicle seen at the lights recently.

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I was driving around the country side recently with the intention of finding as many photo ops as I could to increase my GCA totals as I am very close to 1000 gca finds. This one is on the roof of the memorial hall at a little town on the Southern Darling Downs Greenmount Q.

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We were in Toowoomba and went up to Picnic Point to have a look at the works on the up and down sections of the Toowoomba range road. The road is being stabilised after the 2011 and 2913 floods. Saw this solar powered step light on the way down to the walking trail. TFTC

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Found this solar powered aviation thingy at Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Airport at Brisbane. No doubt it does something quite important besides just showing wind blowing the little cups around.

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Solar Powered Parking Meter - Wollongong.

In the vicinity of the Wollongong Railway Station. The parking meter gets its energy from the Sun but those seeking to park their car must still pay. Interestingly the meter is on the south side of a tall building & the cells also face south so it would only be for a few hours late on a Summer afternoon that it would ever get direct sunlight.

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Clayton Rivulet, Tasmania.
Don't know exactly what the purpose of this one is but perhaps it detects the water level in the creek!
Thanks.

An entrant in the Solar Power race to Adelaide.

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The building in the photo has been in Nanango for a long time. From the mid 1970's to the mid 1980's it was used as an office for the Tarong Power Station. When they moved out there was a need for the Council to find another building for the power generator from the old Butter factory as that building had been sold. the generator was used to power the butter factory and to supply power to the town of Nanango. The council decided to move the visitors information centre into the front part of the building. Many companies and business became involved and Solar Panels were installed on the roof to supplement the power used by the information centre. the old generator is maintained by a group of men and it is started up on the first Saturday of every Month. Interested people come from far away to see and witness this generator in working condition.

The centre is named the energy Centre. Once inside you can see various methods of conserving power from light bulbs to appliances.

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Bollards beside the pathway leading to the Little Blowhole have solar powered lights installed.

The Little Blowhole is a popular tourist attraction & to ensure visitor safety in the evening, bollards with solar lights line the footpath. The solar collector sits high up on a pole to ensure maximum sunshine as it is close to a two story home.

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A river gauge beside the Wingecarribee River.

This solar powered gauge measures the flow of water & depth of the river which is part of the Sydney water supply. Data is transmitted electronically via a small aerial below the metal box near the base.

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Solar powered school zone sign along the Grose Road just before the Springwood High School in Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains, NSW.

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We stayed at Corinna on the West Coast. Half of the village is run on solar, which is surprising really, considering it's the rainy west coast. But then there aren't any microwaves or ovens, or other power sucking things in the cabins. But there are lots of solar panels.

WanderingAus wandered by after replacing one of my Munzees missing from the Horseshoe Bridge, heading for Perth Map Centre at 900 Hay street with the idea of replacing my Magellan Explorist 610 gpsr which has been giving me power and data no-connection grief. Having received a payout from my insurance company for the 'un-repairable' gpsr (Magellan won't touch them once the warranty runs out) the WanderingMrs suggested I needed to try another brand.

When I explained what I needed in my new gpsr to the guy at Perth Map Centre, and suggested perhaps a top-of-the-line Garmin, he advised me that 'Garmin mapping is not quite as good as the Magellan mapping you got with your Magellan Sportrak Map last century' or words to that effect. He then handed me a Magellan Explorist brochure, which of course covers the range from the GC (best value for money and best geocaching gpsr, only lacking topo maps) all the way past the 610 to the 710 (excellent mapping, as well as point-to-point [to hunt geocaches etc] AND turn-by-turn [for on-road travel] navigation).

When I walked out of the store I spotted this solar powered parking ticket machine across the road. I hadn't noticed before, but there seem to be dozens of these solar powered ticket machines in Perth.



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T4TC corunnaroad
Keith

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I'm not quite sure what this is, but it seems to be solar powered.

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WanderingAus wandered by on a waymarking run, and spotted this solar powered light which illuminates a Basketball Half-Court located near the centre of a large suburban park.



A solar photovoltaic collector approximately 90 cm by 60 cm provides the electrical power for what appears to be a high efficiency tungsten lamp.

My Locationless Find number 2163, Geocaching Australia Find number 2393, and overall find number 5289.

T4TH corunnaroad
Keith

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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 solar powered light. Two solar photovoltaic collectors approximately 90 cm by 60 cm, supplemented by a small wind turbine, provide the electrical power for two high efficiency LED lights.



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T4TH corunnaroad
Keith

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I took a ferry ride in to the city this morning and noticed that a whole heap of the navigation lights along the Parramatta river and the harbour are solar powered. I rather liked this one, co-ords are the ferry's location at the time of the photo

I noticed this solar-powered lighting at Cabarita along the waterfront

Found this Solar panel powering a small station in the central highlands of Tasmania

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Traffic Lights in the middle of nowhere and we had to stop each time.

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Hi corunnaroad
On the 27th September this year, I had an early morning (0500hrs) leaving home at 0600hrs in order to meet Budgietas in Hobart to travel to Devonport to try and complete the Octogon series by 2y's tassies Octogon Series. Left Hobart around 0700hrs and found a couple of caches on the way before starting the series. The weather gods were very kind to us today; sunny, warm and fine. We achieved the objective of the day and I ended up with twenty-nine finds for the day, the most finds I've had in one day. Finally arrived back in Huonville at 2330hrs.

But during the course of the day at Octagon Outer 6 I came across these Solar panels powering the pumps for the irrigation scheme used to water the pastures and crops of the local farms. The area concerned is around Wesley Vale and Moriarty on the North West Coast of Tasmania.
Loved the series and enjoyed the birds of prey that were flying over-head during the passing of our sojourn as well as the scenery and the farm animals.

TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.

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1 x 100kW dual axis solar array

Based on King Island this impresses me every time I visit.

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A solar powered light on Heirisson Island , East Perth W.A.

Im hoping this isn't so different that its isn't acceptable, but my torch is solar powered . Its so handy not having to worry about batteries when out caching. I use it all the time and keep it in my car. Its really bright and lasts for ages
Thanks for the cache corunnaroad

Whilst walking around Brimbank Park collecting the Pet Rocks at Brimbank GCA geocaches (well, 24 of the 26 anyway) I noticed this solar-panel on one of the picnic shelters - I presumed it was for night/security lighting. Why I noticed it though (and luckily remembered this locationless cache and took a photo) was the position of it - in the shadow of the big gumtrees.... Um....

these street lights have been popping up all over Orroroo lately. Thanks for the cache.

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This was a classic case of excellent timing. Here is shot of the wind generator, with a solar panel in the foreground. As we were driving along I was thinking how cool the solar powered emergency phones were, and here is a photo of one! This was taken on the Hume Hwy heading north east near Gunning in NSW. These emergency phones are spread all the way along and are solar powered.

Thanks for the locationless cache, we really enjoy reporting them!

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A solar powered marine light at the end of Murrays boat ramp's breakwall on Jervis Bay.

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The public bbq facilities at Guide Falls are solar powered. This reserve is a lovely place to visit and has quite a bit of water flowing at the moment from the recent rain.

Solar panels atop Mt Huxley..which is south from Queenstown and towers above Lake Burbury. Was a magic day up there with unsurpassed views for 360 degrees.

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Hi Corrunaroad
This one gets top points for me because getting to this set of solar panels was immensely fun, including a trip to hospital to have my dislocated thumb put back in place.
These cells are on Bruny Island, Tasmania and are used to power aerials etc for Coast Radio Hobart in "safety communications with vessels at sea."
Had a great time getting these pics. Hope you enjoy them;
Cheers OldSaint.

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Parked the geomobile near the gate goinng into Bald Rock national Park just off the Mount Lindsay Road exit and was going to find a cache. Did that and noticed this pole just inside the fence with the solar thingy on top. Thought why not grab this whilst I was here. No idea what piece of equipment it provides power to. TFTC

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There are heaps of Solar Powered traffic devices on the roads these days. On the New England Highway at Mount Kynoch Toowoomba there are several. There is one to warn people that they are driving in escess of 70kph. There is this one that warns people that foggy conditions exist. Photo taken from the opposite side of the road.

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GCA 296 - 4525. This is a "Green" demonstration area which has a huge solar panel, along with water tanks, Wind Mill etc... Its located at Kippax Shopping Centre Canberra.

TFTC !!

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Find # 59
Well the above coords are for somewhere near the centre of the road works on The Ring Road in Melbourne.
The Road works Start @ S37 46.253 E144 47.745 & run through to
S37 41.682 E144 54.920.

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found on toops hill road near the "anniversary view" geocache

I think it operated a pump of some sorts

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Noticed this light was solar powered just near Kilmore East train station.

TFTL

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For a speed sign near a school.

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This works the locks on the canals I think.

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We found this solar powered radio relay station on Mount Balfour, West Coast of Tasmania when we walked to the trig marker. The views from here are well worth the trek to the top.

Spotted this solar power warning sign while driving around Tasmania. There are heaps of them out there.....

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A solar powered sign on the side of the Midlands Highway south of Launceston. TFTC!

454. We had hiked into Namadgi National Park for around 11km and had seen what appeared to be a track that may be a bit shorter on the way back. Well the track ran out so no shortcut but there was this solar powered water research station along the track. Cool find. No idea how long it's been here AND solar powered but the sign explaining what this object is is unreadable except by the remaining imprints of the letters.

TFTC and the sunny dis position.

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These are solar lights located near a shopping area in Palmerston ....

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This railway crossing sign in central Tassie is solar powered. TFTC

Watched from the Stuart Highway on a very hot and humd day-can't imagine being locked up in a hotbox like these for miles and miles.You have to admire the drivers.

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Enjoyed watching the solar cars along the Stuart Highway. Many different sorts. Some teams obviously had lots of money while others looked like they were on a tight budget.

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Can I claim this one. The vehicle is not solar driven, its a 2hors**camel power vehicle. Was comin back from Simpson via birdsville and Maree. Saw this 80 y old bloke been traipsing round Aussie for 8 yrs with the panels powering his little movable home.

Thanks for this cache
Acko

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A solar powered pump at Lake Eppalock.

This system is used to power the light on the nearby monument in Darwin.

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A solar powered weather station operated by CityRail at its Berry Railway Station.

This weather station has one solar collector. It has wind speed & direction vanes, rainfall collector, temperature & humidity gauge. Waymarking & Locationless caches are complimentary.

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Solar powered school speed limit sign in Tassie. When the 40kph limit applies the numbers glow white and the red circle around them flashes - will try to get a photo of one in action without being too obvious!

Looking forward to seeing the photos.

When I saw this new locationless I had to dig up this one I found some months ago - a solar powered barbecue in Kingston near Logan, QLD. What a great idea although sometimes you could cook a steak on the hot plate up here without the power!
Have logged under Barbecues Galore before but worth it for this one.
Edit - can't seem to link to the photos. Will work on it.

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