We did get to Harry Potter last night and I can see I have a lot of work - viewing and reading - to so before I watch the next/final installment when it is released early next year. It was definitely not the end of the story last night with "he who must not be named" stronger than ever at the end of the movie.
Well, tonight saw us at the Residents BBQ at the Hinze Dam - reportedly the last one but the first one we've been to. It was very interesting, especially when we were in the quarry on site and they indicated the top of a nearby hill and informed us that that that had been ground level when they started. They showed us some of the plant on the site as well - and it's massive ... the biggest we've seen - but M had seen bigger when she was at the dam site near the Kimberleys in Western Australia where the equipment was at least twice as big. On the mines, of course, the plant they use is even bigger.
They have nearly built the dam up to it's final level - they have 900 mm to go - which in other language is almost 1 metre. It sounded as though it is fairly tricky work - especially as it has been one of the wettest six months on record. They said they had expected there to be really heavy rains once every four years in the area - they have had it 14 times since work on the dam started. But that's statistics for you.
We had a bus tour of the site - we were in the second bus - and even though it was raining and a bit on the wet side, it was very interesting. The Project Manager, who was doing commentary on our bus, was obviously very passionate and enthusiastic about the project, and has apparently taken to sleeping nights again now that they now they are going to have enough clay on site to finish the project.
To finish the evening, there was a BBQ and apparently they are used to meat-eaters there because there wasn't very much salad left by the time our part of the line (the end of the second bus load) got there. But the Rotarians who were providing the BBQ service were kind enough to keep cooking our meat past the normal "medium rare" - for which I, and I think M as well, was pretty pleased. All in all it was a good evening, very informative and a nice chance to see some of the other neighbours from around and about the area.
