Monday, September 8, 2014

ACTEW Graffiti


ACTEW Water's Youtube channel have a couple of impressive time lapse videos of Canberra infrastructure being given a make over with some art. Thanks Graffik.

"The Yamba Drive Water Pump Station gets a makeover from our friend Graffik. Amazing before and after shots of the Pump Station."


"The City West emergency sewer storage facility gets a make-over from our friend Graffik. Some excellent footage of before and after."

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History lost through lack of funding

  The following ABC article laments the possible loss of many historical audio visual records that are waiting for digitising into modern fo...

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