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Akebar 1st Slip - February 2013

Vegetation Team

Early in 2013 we had our first embankment slip at Akebar. The Vegetation Team were there in February 2013 removing some of the excess vegetation in an effort to help stabilise the embankment.

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Photo - Steve Hall
Approaching the site of the slip at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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Approaching the site of the slip at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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Cutting down a tree at Akebar - there were plenty of them (27/02/2013)
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Preparing to cut down another tree at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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The track at the slip site at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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Refuelling the chain saws - they saw a lot of work at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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The embankment at Akebar is starting to look a bit clearer (27/02/2013)
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Another view of the embankment at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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Another view of the embankment at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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The embankment at Akebar from the bottom (27/02/2013)
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The embankment at Akebar from the bottom with a train on the line (27/02/2013)
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As usual a bonfire was needed to dispose of the cut down vegetation at Akebar (27/02/2013)
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