Famous Ninety Mile Beach - Gippsland

Making our way to Lakes Entrance @ stopped at Seaspray fishing village along the
Famous Ninety Mile Beach

What a view !!!

Sydney comes alive with Vivid lightshow

Back to Sydney & overnight before heading back to Albury on train

Great views of Harbour bridge

 

Walked down to the Quay to watch the light show off the Opera house,
Customs House & Maritime building

Waiting, waiting!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let the show begin !!!

Unfortunately it started to rain which certainly put a dampener on things, but we hung around long enough to see the Opera house comes alive with colour & lights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customs House @ Quay comes alive with
KING KONG

 

 

Shelton's 30th birthday party

Quick train trip (used our freebies) to Gosford from Albury to help celebrate Shelton's 30th birthday

 

Shelton made a really good speech & said I hope everyone has had enough to eat

if NOT

MacDonald's is just across the road!!!!!

 

Celebrating in local Italian restaurant with 30 family & friends

 

Carol, Shelton & Claire (old family friend )
(who made the trip from Melbourne to help him celebrate)

Carol, Shelton, Claire & Julia

Murray 1 Power station

High in the mountains Murray 1 Power station is the start of
The Snowy Mountains Scheme

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme is an integrated water & hydro-electric power facility located in Southern alps.

Recognised as a civil engineering wonder of the modern world & the greatest engineering project undertaken in Australia

Construction began in 1949 & was completed in 1974.
Seven major power stations (two underground), 16 major dams, 80 kilometres of aqueducts, 145 kilometres of tunnels & a large pumping station were completed & still today under the ownership & management of Snowy Hydro Ltd

Pipelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insulators

Pondage

 

A visit from Queen Elizabeth in 1963

 

 

 

 

Inside the power station

 

 

Power station

Drilling one of the many tunnels, which make up the hydro system