A Photo Every Day from the Sunshine Coast - Australia

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Pumicestone Passage
A week of the blues day seven.


The navigation beacon has an interesting structure I think.  Those bracing fins are cut from a single steel beam in a process called castellation, the halves are then used on opposing sides.

Nifty eh?

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  1. Thank you for explaining that to us, as they say, you learn something every day.

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