Read more and pix here >> HERE <<<.The Artarmon Triangle
Paris is a long way from Sydney, but there are plenty of Eiffel Towers in the Sydney suburbs. On the lower north shore there are three – the television transmission towers collectively known as the Artarmon Triangle. These tall, red and white pyramids at Gore Hill, Artarmon and Willoughby have been sending out tv signals since their construction in the 1950s and 60s.
The transmission tower on the Pacific Highway is one of the few remains of the ABCTV complex, most of which was demolished in 2007. The fences are draped in advertisements for Gore Hill business precinct, but for now the site is just mounds of earth, the ABC building debris long since swept away. Things are going on in there though, a surveyor peers through a theodolite and under the tower gardeners push lawnmowers over the grass.
It stands out from its surroundings now, so it must have been even more striking when it was built in the 1950s. This was long before the neighbouring dark brick colossus of Royal North Shore Hospital was constructed and the highway was still mostly lined with houses. Sydney’s first official television broadcast – which began with Bruce Gyngell in front of a map of the world saying “Good Evening and welcome to television” – aired in 1956. The towers were a symbol of this new era of technology.
The Artarmon Triangle (TV transmission towers)
Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
You may wanna talk to somebody else about it first, or at least freeze some of your sperm before attempting to climb them.
Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
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Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
Haha you really have been everywhere. I guess there's no harm in posting up the picture I took of the helicopter then.blakjak wrote:Nice pix. Is that ABC? Actually looks like ch9.
Nice pic, did you take it?d0dg3r wrote:Haha you really have been everywhere. I guess there's no harm in posting up the picture I took of the helicopter then.blakjak wrote:Nice pix. Is that ABC? Actually looks like ch9.
I actually used to deliver to ch9 and the ABC way back in my courier days. That helipad is right next to the admin building, and more than often they would leave the (gas turbine) engine idling lest they miss a scoop.
You would be silly to try get into there as the ch9 property is still active with onsite security. Wont be long till they sell it though, ch9 has been going downhill since Kerry Packer carked it back in 2005.
Blakjak of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan.
I was there (partially) for official business so I had a wander inside the admin building and some of the studios as well. There didn't seem to be much going on when I was there though.
The explorer in the west................