Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Melbourne Central - Shot Tower


Melbourne Central is a large shopping, office, and public transport hub in the city of Melbourne, Australia.


Its signature attraction is the massive glass cone sitting the Coop's Shot Tower which was built on the site between 1889 and 1890.

Monday, February 18, 2008

State Library of Victoria


The State Library of Victoria is one of Australia's oldest cultural institutions. It is the major reference and research library in Victoria, responsible for collecting and preserving Victoria's documentary heritage and making it available through a range of services and programs.

With more than two millions of collections, if every item was laid end-to-end, it would stretch for 90kms. The oldest book collected in here is "Boethius' De Musica, a late 10th-century manuscript". The oldest item is Cuneiform Tablet (c2050BC).

Sunday, February 17, 2008

EastLink - machineries

Some machineries that are used in EastLink project.



Saturday, February 16, 2008

EastLink - Snow White


"Snow white" was purposed built for EastLink project. It is capable of lifting 500 tonnes. The maximum traveling speed on its 16 wheels is 64 km/h.

Friday, February 15, 2008

EastLink - Operation Centre


The EastLink Operation Centre at Ringwood is architecturally designed by two of Australia's leading architects, Roger Wood and Randal Marsh, of Wood Marsh Architects.