Post by Creepy on Jan 12, 2014 7:18:42 GMT -4
The Sydney River Bridge in....Sydney River, is being replaced. This bridge is pretty high traffic and you might go over it a few times a day of you are out running around and have friends/relatives in Coxheath, or Keltic Drive. its also the old route to North Sydney. This is the bridge work that was recently in the news over labor issues with the local Unions and out-of-province workers. The Unionists shut the site down and demonstrated for weeks. Its settled down some now, and work continues.
I wanted to get some pics of the bridge before it came down, its been there all my life.
Looking out the harbour from Sydney River, bridge is to the rear of the shot.
not bad for iphone shot, eh?
old, old bridge piers, single lane, gone since the 50's, and the current 'old' bridge being replaced.
This nice view was created by removing a rotten fishing trawler that blighted the shoreline for years. It broke its moors, washed up here, flipped on its side, and rotted for God knows how long. Glad its gone. it was huge.
from the DOT lot
From Keltic Drive
trying for a night shot. kinda sucky but neat at the same time.
Went back bored a few days later, some time to kill. What better way to burn off some steam than to get stuck by yourself with no shovel?!
With a rear locker safely home in the shed, and the belly on ice and holding the locked front in the air over ice, she's quite a bit more stuck than it looks.
Oh well, at least its nice out again. I don't have anything better to do. got a coffee.
For fawks sake, now its getting on an hour I've been stuck. I'm not calling my parents.....yet. The ice is polished to a micro-finish and offers zero traction. The belly is hung hi-and-dry. I have my jack. But I need to poop.
I snuck off and made a poo behind a snowbank. There's no one ever around here, I thought no big deal. But the seagulls have a sharp eye and I did not think of that until I started getting circled. What a predicament I was in now, there was potential for seagulls to shit my shit back on me because they were making it clear they were going to eat it. I'm sorry if you find this disgusting, I didn't mean for it to happen, but once trapped in the situation you can appreciate the humor. I hurried back to get the Jeep unstuck.
I had to walk to the harbour, and pick rocks out of the fawking water, because the ones on shore were frozen to the ground. That was awesome on the hands. 10-15 trips later, jacking up each corner of the Jeep as I go, I have a road built off the ice.
Popped right out after that! No embarrassing call to my mother, and no fall-out from the seagull incident. 2 hours, killed!
I wanted to get some pics of the bridge before it came down, its been there all my life.
Looking out the harbour from Sydney River, bridge is to the rear of the shot.
not bad for iphone shot, eh?
old, old bridge piers, single lane, gone since the 50's, and the current 'old' bridge being replaced.
This nice view was created by removing a rotten fishing trawler that blighted the shoreline for years. It broke its moors, washed up here, flipped on its side, and rotted for God knows how long. Glad its gone. it was huge.
from the DOT lot
From Keltic Drive
trying for a night shot. kinda sucky but neat at the same time.
Went back bored a few days later, some time to kill. What better way to burn off some steam than to get stuck by yourself with no shovel?!
With a rear locker safely home in the shed, and the belly on ice and holding the locked front in the air over ice, she's quite a bit more stuck than it looks.
Oh well, at least its nice out again. I don't have anything better to do. got a coffee.
For fawks sake, now its getting on an hour I've been stuck. I'm not calling my parents.....yet. The ice is polished to a micro-finish and offers zero traction. The belly is hung hi-and-dry. I have my jack. But I need to poop.
I snuck off and made a poo behind a snowbank. There's no one ever around here, I thought no big deal. But the seagulls have a sharp eye and I did not think of that until I started getting circled. What a predicament I was in now, there was potential for seagulls to shit my shit back on me because they were making it clear they were going to eat it. I'm sorry if you find this disgusting, I didn't mean for it to happen, but once trapped in the situation you can appreciate the humor. I hurried back to get the Jeep unstuck.
I had to walk to the harbour, and pick rocks out of the fawking water, because the ones on shore were frozen to the ground. That was awesome on the hands. 10-15 trips later, jacking up each corner of the Jeep as I go, I have a road built off the ice.
Popped right out after that! No embarrassing call to my mother, and no fall-out from the seagull incident. 2 hours, killed!
