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Fix this textOUTLTE for the nine mile, `Australian` built, Tooma Hiver diversion
Fix this texttunnel seen through a Snowy Mountains Authority water pipe.
Fix this textAnd here is £9 million which
Fix this textwill not have to go overseas
Fix this textA BRISBANE firm, Thiess Bros. Pty. Ltd., is working on a £9 million
Fix this textcontract from the Snowy Mountains Authority the biggest ever let
Fix this textto an Australian company. In a gorge, I,(XX) feet below the high
Fix this textridge O'.i which the long lost Southern Cloud crashed, the Australian
Fix this textcontractors are out to establish tunnelling records Before the I hiess con-
Fix this texttract, the Snowy work had gone to American, British. French and Nor-
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Fix this textThe contract is for the ninc-mile Tooma-Tumut tunnel of excavated
Fix this textdiameter of about 124 feet, and an earth and rockfill dam across the
Fix this textlooma River about 225 feet high and containing some one-half million
Fix this textcubic yards of material. So far, the Australian firm is doing well, In one
Fix this textweek’s recent tunnelling the teams drove a total of 1,252 feet. Because
Fix this textno central authority keeps records of tunnelling achievements, it is dif-
Fix this textficult to claim a record, although it could well be one Sufficient to say
Fix this textthat the Australian effort was in world class no mean achievement tor
Fix this textthe first year of tunnelling.
Fix this textWhen the first party of Ihiess workers arrived on the site in June,
Fix this text1958, there was initial accommodation for 80 men and some access road
Fix this textconstruction. Since then further access roads have been built (a difficult
Fix this textjob in this terrain), several camps, and Thiess Village, an attractive mod-
Fix this textern township set amid glorious mountain scenery. The village is about
Fix this text4,300 feet above sea -level. It is 85 miles by road from Cooma, 30 miles
Fix this textfrom Kosciusko, and it looks across to the Victorian border, some 16
Fix this textmiles away.
Fix this textThe village is sufficient to accommodate the 750-strong work force
Fix this textincluding 80 families. The mountain school house has a roll call of 60
Fix this textchildren As in any remote township life is fairlv simple. However,
Fix this textevery effort has been made to make living more interesting [here is an
Fix this textamenities hall, wet canteen, children's playground, films are shown and
Fix this textthis winter, the employees' ski club will be operating complete with ski
Fix this texttow. But, behind all of this, the dominant theme of Ihiess Village is
Fix this textone of great urgency. Apart from the elements, the big enemy is time.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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