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Manxmann
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A pic of Bunbury City WA.  

Note the circular Home Units roughly centre of the pic ?  They used to be grain silos.  Apparently at the end of their useful life the cost of removing them was prohibitive - so they were converted into Residential Units.  Neat idea IMHO.  They now command good prices & offer lovely views.  


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BagoDJIoperator84
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Wow thats great engineering there, great shot
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Hello and good day Manxmann. Thank you for posting this wonderful photo you have captured above Bunbury City in Western Australia. Great work and two thumbs up.
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Nice shot!
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BagoDJIoperator84 Posted at 5-26 05:07
Wow thats great engineering there, great shot

Thanks BagoDJIoperator84
You do have to wonder what the demolition cost would have been 'cos I bet the conversion to units wasn't exactly cheap !
  
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DJI Stephen Posted at 5-26 09:16
Hello and good day Manxmann. Thank you for posting this wonderful photo you have captured above Bunbury City in Western Australia. Great work and two thumbs up.

Thankyou & TWO thumbs up ?  WOW
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Thanks Montfrooij
Hopefully over the next couple of weeks I'll be able to get a few nice 'bush' shots during a trip to our (old) Goldfields.
Really looking forward to it - I love the bush.  Camped out,  small fire, flickering light,  beautiful sunsets.  Huh,  starting to sound like a tourist brochure !!?
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Manxmann Posted at 5-26 16:14
Thankyou & TWO thumbs up ?  WOW

You are very much welcome Manxmann. Have a safe and happy flying always.
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Manxmann Posted at 5-26 16:17
Thanks Montfrooij
Hopefully over the next couple of weeks I'll be able to get a few nice 'bush' shots during a trip to our (old) Goldfields.
Really looking forward to it - I love the bush.  Camped out,  small fire, flickering light,  beautiful sunsets.  Huh,  starting to sound like a tourist brochure !!?

You're welcome!
Hahahahaha, Yes you are
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Montfrooij Posted at 5-26 22:08
You're welcome!
Hahahahaha, Yes you are

I just hope I can back it up with some nice pics & video   
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Manxmann Posted at 5-27 01:41
I just hope I can back it up with some nice pics & video

Hope so too!
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Superb capture
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Nice capture!  
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wheres the kangaroos lol very nice pic m8 well done
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xboxmoddr Posted at 5-27 05:45
wheres the kangaroos lol very nice pic m8 well done

They'd be hiding out of the sun !  They may be silly,  but they're not daft.........  
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Aloha Manx,

     Really!  Great idea!  I think we have a similar situation here.  It would be worth it to look into it now after your photo.

Aloha and Drone On!
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lol spot on m8 hope i can take a pic like that one day
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xboxmoddr Posted at 5-28 03:23
lol spot on m8 hope i can take a pic like that one day

There are flights every day xboxmoddr !        ???
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Cetacean Posted at 5-28 01:55
Aloha Manx,

     Really!  Great idea!  I think we have a similar situation here.  It would be worth it to look into it now after your photo.

Do you mean with silos Cetacean ?
What would you have to put in silos ?
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id love to get to oz to fly my phantoms lol  here in uk think they just used for grain dont no really we just need better weather and no matter where we fly there is always road works lol
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Manxmann Posted at 5-29 01:00
Do you mean with silos Cetacean ?
What would you have to put in silos ?

Aloha Manx,

     Corn!  There is a little known fact that Hawai'i has three growing seasons for corn.  Kahuku Sweet Corn is the local name for the seed corn we eat - delicious!

     It may still be, but it used to be that 80% of the seed corn for the Untied States is grown in Hawai'i.  I had no idea and found it hard to believe when I first heard it.

     Currently, we have lost our sugar cane and pineapple agribusiness.  We have started cacao and otherwise diversified our farming for sustainability.  But our big cash crop still appears to be seed corn.

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Very nice. Well done! Interesting what they have done to them.
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Cetacean Posted at 5-29 02:44
Aloha Manx,

     Corn!  There is a little known fact that Hawai'i has three growing seasons for corn.  Kahuku Sweet Corn is the local name for the seed corn we eat - delicious!

But , but,  where is it grown ?  Aren't you living on mountainous/volcanic islands ?   
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Mullheliflier Posted at 5-29 10:57
Very nice. Well done! Interesting what they have done to them.

Was a clever move eh ?  Like I said earlier,  the cost of demolishing them must have been huge,  because the conversion wouldn't have been that cheap to accomplish.
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Manxmann Posted at 5-30 01:38
But , but,  where is it grown ?  Aren't you living on mountainous/volcanic islands ?

Aloha Manx,

     Not all of each island is mountainous and only the Big Island (Hawai'i) has active volcanos.  Maui has a dormant volcano, Haleakala.  We used to have big agribusiness areas.  There is plenty of room in Hawai'i to grow seed corn.  Look on Google Earth.

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Cetacean Posted at 5-30 02:06
Aloha Manx,

     Not all of each island is mountainous and only the Big Island (Hawai'i) has active volcanos.  Maui has a dormant volcano, Haleakala.  We used to have big agribusiness areas.  There is plenty of room in Hawai'i to grow seed corn.  Look on Google Earth.

Will do (look on Google Earth)  No worries.
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