Saturday, April 10, 2010

Well Preserved


This week's PhotoHunter theme is "vertical".

This hole measures 1.8m x 1.2m and drops vertically over 58 meters (200 feet) into the ground.  The original timber-lined shaft was built in the 1870's.  It is located in the 270,000 hectare Ngarkat Conservation Park in South Australia.  It is the last surviving well, a relic of local pastoral history, in the Pinnaroo district.  

7 comments:

  1. what an amazing find! a timber-lined well--i've never seen anything like this before. thanks for sharing!

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  2. Mine shafts are such scarey things to me! Good to see a grid over this one! Great idea for the vertical theme!

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  3. Interesting! Things like this fascinate me, it tells you how people live in the old times.

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  4. Hi Maya, a great photo and take for this week's theme. I have never heard of well using timber before. A very unique and interesting find for this week's photohunt.

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  5. That is cool. I haven't seen one lined with timber either but it kinda makes sense. Especially that deep - you have to use what you have on hand. But just think about digging and building it - gives me shivers.

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  6. aloha,

    thanks for sharing your interpretation of the verticle them today, i like the photos of this well, scary

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  7. Now, that's what I call Vertical! And a long way down! Excellent take on the v-theme!
    Purrs,
    Sara Cat

    http://christina-smycken.blogspot.com/2010/04/photohunt-theme-208-vertical-fotojakt.html#links

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