Aussie Mega Mechanics

One of Australia’s largest hydro power stations is undertaking a high stakes valve replacement.

It’s out with the old and in with the new at Brisbane’s Gallipoli Barracks, where the mechanics of the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment are aiming to complete two huge tasks

The team at Murray 1, Snowy Hydro’s second largest power station, are reassembling a massive power turbine after extensive cracking was found in the top cover.

It’s a nail-biting start to a week-long mechanical marathon for the team of Queensland Rail mechanics, as they work to hoist a six-tonne V12 engine out of the “Spirit of Queensland” locomotive.

The team from Lindores Construction Logistics have one day to relocate a massive tower crane on the Queens Wharf development in Brisbane.

South of Jindabyne, a mini Hydro station is having long-awaited repair work done, thanks to the arrival of a brand new Submerged Discharge Valve.

In Sydney, Leichhardt Bus depot, one of the largest in the Southern hemisphere, the team has to scramble to repair two buses before the morning rush hour.