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Your on-the-ground update for the week, Saturday the 3rd of June, 2017.

Lit-up fence toppers!

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Preparatory work is underway on the pillars for the rest of the fence (section shown below is underneath Stengel Dive) - Not a great photo, but it was the most obvious of all of the pillars; and it's proof of progress on the fence :P

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Anyway, onto construction updates; work on the loop entry is progressing.

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and now for the two comparison shots; back to the dusk shots, next two weeks will be day-time (assuming I can still get to the park)

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7 minutes ago, Redboost said:

Just curious for those who are familiar with coaster construction, would a copter be required to carry/lift the tallest parts of the coaster into place or would a crane be used for those parts?

A crane would easily do it. 

Worst case, there's always this

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The LTM 11200-9.1 is both the the strongest and tallest telescopic crane in the world, lifting up to 1200 tons (that's 12 adult Blue Whales). Its eight-part telescoping boom extends up to 100m (15m taller than the last record holder) and, with the addition of a lattice jib, has a maximum lift height of 192m, more than 50 storeys high! 
https://www.liebherr.com/en/vnm/products/mobile-and-crawler-cranes/mobile-cranes/ltm-mobile-cranes/details/ltm1120091.html

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25 minutes ago, Reanimated35 said:

A crane would easily do it. 

Worst case, there's always this

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Egads!!! I didn't even know such a crane existed!! Is there even one in Australia to perform the required construction if need be?

Edit: Apparently they are used by some Australian mining companies so I guess they are available if needed.

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4 hours ago, Reanimated35 said:

That would match up with the Hypercoaster Footbridge development permit they lodged a while back. 

Possibly just a maintenance/evac path? Possible it is/was to join the previously planned "lakeside precinct"?

Looks large enough to be a public thoroughfare footbridge, and a bit too large to be maintenance/evac. It's certainly not in its' final location, considering it is sitting on wood blocks.

Could it be a tunnel for the back end of the coaster?

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Is the work you are talking about where the put footings at the front ? Id expect the bridge to lead to somewhere like between green lantern entry and justice league. They might still need an access road down the side, so maybe something is planned to be able to cross it?

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There were some pictures of survey marks near the viewing area for Green lantern.  I had thought that they might move the entry for GL from the viewing platform to open an area of access through to the new hyper's station area.  Just wondering if this "bridge" section may fit into there, or if it is for the propose bridge through to the top golf area.

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