Coal Loader

Today we went on a tour of Port Waratah Coal Services in Newcastle and a brilliant presentation and tour it was too.

After a PowerPoint presentation, we were driven around the site and this photo is taken from inside the car.

The yellow structure is the reclaim machine which takes the coal from the stock pile and puts it on the conveyor belt to the ship. The grey structures are the conveyor belts transporting the coal to the ships. Each conveyor belt is 6 km long.

We were being driven in between the conveyor belts in this shot.

It was a brilliant day and if anyone lives in the Newcastle area it is very well worth a visit. The tour is free and takes nearly three hours.

Today's bird picture. http://365project.org/onewing/topics/2014-02-12

PS Sorry for not being able to comment on your photos and replying to comments made about my photos much for the last couple of days, but I have had a busy few days. I will try and catch up later tonight.

[Tina Cook]

Great leading lines!

[Annie D]

great lines and love the yellow pop :)

[Heather Colgate]

Interesting, good shot Babs

[sally agnew]

Sounds like a really interesting tour, love the perspective leading to the yellow structure :-)

[Ivan]

Excellent perspective, nice complementary colours (grey and yellow).

[Ivan]

Nice info. too!

[Ian Watts]

Love this - great perspective and love hat splash of yellow. Would make a great black and white too.

[Mary]

Very interesting. Great pov and lines!

[Paula W]

Ooh looks like it's coming to get you! Super perspective Babs, I like the colours.

[Angela]

Great perspective.

[Joey]

Fabulous capture

[Molly]

Great leading lines.

[Marnie]

I love this shot. I'm particularly interested in all sorts of things related to industry, past and present. You've captured the immensity of the subject with the way you've used the converging lines. Love the symmetry too.

[Chris Stapleton]

Nice symmetry going on here

[Raye]

Big wow! Awesome POV...fabulous lines! Love it! It's so big! Super image!

[Babs]

@tinac1 @annied Thanks it was a really interesting day. @bugsy You and Frank should check it out.

[Babs]

@hermann @ivan Thanks it was a really interesting tour.@iwatts Thanks Ian. Tried it in b&w, looks good. I will have to post that version later. Will let you know when.

[Babs]

@mcmary @paulaw @angelar @joeyc @dolphin Thanks so much. It was really interesting driving in between the conveyor belts like this. The sheer size of the structures is amazing.

[Babs]

@golftragic Thanks Marnie. It was a brilliant day and the tour is free. Doesn't get better than that does it. It is lovely to have a day out in Newcastle. Such an interesting city.

[Babs]

@cljs @sunraye Thanks so much. The size of some of the structures were amazing. They look so huge when you are right next to them.

[Ruby]

Neat shot, interesting story and great pov

[Marnie]

@onewing I'll certainly keep that thought in mind Babs, thank you.

[Laurie F]

great shot and story!!

[Babs]

@ourrube @lafish Thanks. We had a great day. Very informative too. Because we live by the ocean it always good to go to Newcastle and get some industrial shots sometimes.