Category:Travel
We wondered where this jungle railway went when we stumbled across it while laying out our survey grid. It just seemed to start in the middle of the jungle.
Today’s photo is of the recording setup for an LVL shot somewhere in the jungle of Brunei inland from Seria. The crew member in the red overalls in the background is most probably checking the connection of some component of our spread – either a geophone or an explosives connection. They guy in the foreground is standing by the triggering device.
I never got to see the bridging crews installing this lake bridging so I’ve no clue how they did it. I know in places the water was over six feet deep so they didn’t wade through it. Usually the foot boards were above the water but the level of the water depended upon the rains, both local and distant. When the foot boards were under the water you always had to take a touch more care in crossing. I never […]
The foreman in this photo is not the onlooker on the left with his hands in his pockets but the man in the center of the team with the black and white striped shirt, using his hard hat to demonstrate some point or other.
Here’s another photo of a flushing team in action. While not the most pleasant of tasks, sometimes the spray of water help alleviate the oppressive heat and humidity. Most days I was on the line I’d end up soaked in sweat so rain was refreshing. This water though, is swamp water so not the most pleasant stuff.
In the photo below two of the crew port a flushing pump through the jungle. They weren’t the easiest things to carry. The coiled tube looped over the pole is the inlet hose. Others, out of the frame, have the fire hose that connected to the flushing tubes.