Monday and yesterday saw a very intense few days of sleeper preparation, in the pic above there was a very very large pile of concrete sleepers, however they’re all now distributed lineside, ready for installation.
We’ve even continued the sleeper marking all the way to the end of the long curve, from where Donkey Farm Track can be just seen in the distance!
Today’s crew is out there continuing on with a bit more of this preparation.
Given the Easter long weekend and a good number of our gang are heading away, we won’t have a workday tomorrow or any day next week – we’ll have a little break and be ready to hit the ground running on Monday 26th April, 8am at Maldon.
The weekend just gone saw some very exciting activities, as DRA (Disaster Recovery Australia) held the second of their very successful weekend work programs at the VGR.
They had two teams of six volunteers being trained in basic tree felling, and chainsaw crosscutting and clearing, working in the Muckleford to Sawmill rd section. The focus is on removing trees that are dead, dangerous, too close to the rails, and those impacting safety sightlines.
Next DRA weekend work party will be on 17/18 May which will be a larger operational exercise.
Thankyou to DRA for helping us out while building their essential skills for disaster recovery!
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