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Offline Ellard

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Strange ones from Woomera
« 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





Enjoy

Wayne
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2012, 02:06:58 PM »
Great pics...
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2015, 06:48:52 AM »
Hi
The last one type was used by the warheads hunting/digging teams .



Are there any more pics of better quality ?
« Last Edit: February 17, 2015, 06:54:26 AM by 2a9 »
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2015, 11:44:33 PM »
Topographical Survey S1 Land Rovers.





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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2015, 11:46:21 PM »
More..
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #6 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.

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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2015, 02:12:22 PM »
Reconnaissance S1 Land Rovers.
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2015, 02:13:53 PM »
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #9 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
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #10 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).
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2015, 03:52:06 PM »
Quote from: Ellard on June 11, 2012, 07:44:29 AM






Same vehicle before body fabrication.
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2015, 10:22:13 PM »
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #13 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.
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Re: Strange ones from Woomera
« Reply #14 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.
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