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Chair lift for Hobart's Organ Pipes |
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7-Jun-2009 10:56:27 AM
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http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/2009/05/07/Wellington+Park+Sustainable+Transport+System+-+Invitation+for+Ideas
There is no point opposing this economic enterprize ...
Word on the street is that the ' spirit of place ' of the Organ Pipes was progressively trashed, thru out the 1990s, when migrant sport climbers established, and then encouraged , the practice of insensitive near-crack bolting , in the name of ' modernising ' the ignorant, sleepy Hobart locals ...
Just think of all the grouse climbing shots that will be enabled from the lift !!!
BRING IT ON !!!
:D
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7-Jun-2009 12:55:29 PM
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seems pretty funky at the Gorge, Lonny ...
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7-Jun-2009 1:41:24 PM
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http://www.digitalprintaustralia.com/www/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/The_Mountain_49485a824edea.gif
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7-Jun-2009 7:10:38 PM
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So, you enjoy "rubbing yourself". Please stop doing it in public view.
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8-Jun-2009 3:09:41 PM
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HUH ? ...
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8-Jun-2009 3:24:39 PM
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http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/05/07/71391_tasmania-news.html
'...In 1993 the Skyway proposal was announced, featuring a 4.5km cable-car system running from South Hobart to the pinnacle, as well as a restaurant and ski complex on the summit.
The $31 million proposal by engineer Tim Burbury drew heavy criticism from the community because the cable line was to run up the city-facing side of the mountain, past the Organ Pipes, causing many to fear the most iconic face of the mountain would be spoiled...'
>>causing many to fear the most iconic face of the mountain would be spoiled...'
Doesn't matter ... macro = micro ... the sport climbers have already spoiled the place on a micro scale ...
Just as the road scar across the face of the mountain has long faded , so too the chair lift / cable car will blend in and become a much loved part of the Mount Wellington experience ... just like all those lovely shiny u-bolts that glint in the sun on a sunny day ...
:)
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14-Jun-2009 6:47:54 PM
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Organ Pipes, 1879... pre road scar... pre tv towers... pre mega-bush-fire... pre sport climbers ...
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15-Jun-2009 9:49:12 PM
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Organ Pipes on acid ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellodaniel/3181452459/
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