Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers

Other Vehicles => Miscellaneous Vehicles => Topic started by: Ellard on June 11, 2012, 07:44:29 AM

Title: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Ellard on June 11, 2012, 07:44:29 AM: Hi there all

Going through some old pictures of Woomera Rocket range vehicles - and sharing with the forum

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/firefighter_sa/Woomeravehicle1.jpg)

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/firefighter_sa/Woomeravehicle2.jpg)

Enjoy

Wayne
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: juddy on June 11, 2012, 02:06:58 PM: Great pics...
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: 2a9 on February 17, 2015, 06:48:52 AM: Hi
The last one type was used by the warheads hunting/digging teams .

(http://s3.postimg.org/idcupcenj/001.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/idcupcenj/) (http://s3.postimg.org/mb04er1gv/002.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/mb04er1gv/) (http://s3.postimg.org/5bvrd8fn3/003.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/5bvrd8fn3/)

Are there any more pics of better quality ?
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on February 21, 2015, 11:44:33 PM: Topographical Survey S1 Land Rovers.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on February 21, 2015, 11:46:21 PM: More..
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Ravvin on February 22, 2015, 12:45:01 AM: That would have to be pics of Len Beadell's heavily modified landys.
I read that many of the improvements he made to them ended up being incorporated into the standard landys the army bought from that time onwards.
All of his books were really good reads.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Mike C on February 22, 2015, 11:11:01 AM: The first image in this thread is one of the LRWE-converted 1/4 ton jeeps for arid area surveys.

Mike
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on February 22, 2015, 02:12:22 PM: Reconnaissance S1 Land Rovers.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on February 22, 2015, 02:13:53 PM: More..
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Ellard on February 22, 2015, 03:43:43 PM: Hi there

Thanks for the pictures - I worked for several years at Woomera and was an amazing place.

Wayne
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Carzee on February 22, 2015, 07:40:50 PM: You can go to the NAA.gov.au and do some commonwealth photo searches, eg
Amberley, Darwin, Snowy, PMG, police, etc

http://photos.naa.gov.au/photo/Default.aspx?id=7654463
http://photos.naa.gov.au/photo/Default.aspx?id=8291352
http://photos.naa.gov.au/photo/Default.aspx?id=11527532

Pressing Control button and the plus (+) button at the same time will usually enlarge the screen (and the photos within it).
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on February 28, 2015, 03:52:06 PM: Quote from: Ellard on June 11, 2012, 07:44:29 AM

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/firefighter_sa/Woomeravehicle1.jpg)

Same vehicle before body fabrication.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: FFRMAN on February 28, 2015, 10:22:13 PM: Quote from: Tommy on February 28, 2015, 03:52:06 PM
Quote from: Ellard on June 11, 2012, 07:44:29 AM

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/firefighter_sa/Woomeravehicle1.jpg)

Same vehicle before body fabrication.

Looks like a left hand dive
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on March 01, 2015, 01:50:55 PM: This LHD Hardtop CJ3A Jeep was used for Gravity testing (whatever that is) during geological surveys of the region. Innovative mounting of the test apparatus.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on March 01, 2015, 10:25:45 PM: Before and after shot of S1 Land Rover used as target during the Maralinga 'Buffalo' atomic test.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: dugite on March 03, 2015, 10:55:40 AM: I don't think they would've been able to "buff that out" and, in any case, it would continue to glow in the dark....

... at least the tyres look ok :)
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: Tommy on April 27, 2015, 12:10:06 PM: In the early ninties, the British government gave the Australian government 20 million pounds to attend to the cleanup of the atomic test sites around Maralinga.

This Toyota Land Cruiser was used during the decontamination process in 1993. It had a large compressor/filtration unit on the roof to pressurise the interior of the vehicle so that no radioactive dust could enter. You can see the bulkhead within the vehicle that was used to isolate the drivers compartment. Entry and egress from the drivers compartment is through the passenger side hatch as the drivers door has been removed and permanently sealed up.
Title: Re: Strange ones from Woomera
Post by: juddy on April 27, 2015, 01:14:20 PM: Thats very Interesting, I would have thought a off the shelf vehicle that had Bio/Nuclear protection would have been a more sensibler option. plenty around on the second hand market too.