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Anywhere Surveys

Locality: Grantham, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 5466 1511

Address: 78 Back Ma Ma Rd 4347 Grantham, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.AnywhereSurveys.com/

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24.01.2022 Murphy's Law as it applies to Surveying. Why is it that in the hottest week of the year - it always seems to coincide with the toughest clearing through lantana or vine scrub or similar to get the job done? This is where we were toiling in that super hot week a couple of weeks ago. The photos don't adequately portray it - but at least the job is now done!!

22.01.2022 Stop the outrage and #SendForgivenessViral Written by Waleed Aly & Tom Whitty (@twhittyer) #TheProjectTV

19.01.2022 I have been somewhat dormant in terms of posting anything here for too long now - so hopefully this post will be of some interest to anybody who happens onto it. I did an interesting survey on a fairly remote and scrubby mountain block just lately and uncovered some old survey corner markings (called survey posts) from the original survey in 1901. A few photographs follow. These marks were very substantial. They were hewn from the best available local hardwood and generally a... minimum of 3 to 4 feet long (900mm to 1.2 metres) and buried to about half of that length. The base was often left as the full round cross section of the tree from which they were cut and the top 2 feet or more was adzed to about 5 or 6 inches (125 to 150mm) square and a point about 4 to 6 inches (100 to 150mm) long fashioned for the top. The mark was then buried into the ground where the desired marking was required and carefully made perpendicular and adjusted to the correct location so that the tip of the pointed top becomes the actual discrete corner point. Generally a reference tree was cut nearby and a connection taken from the tree to the corner mark so that if the corner mark was burnt or rotted or otherwise compromised the corner could be reinstated from the tree if it is still standing. A "shield" was cut on the reference tree on the side facing the corner and, subsequent to 1900, a "bench" was cut into the heartwood below the shield at the base of the tree and the connection to the corner was measured and recorded from what was generally a small triangular "tetrahedronal" wedge that was chiselled into the heartwood on the bench not far above the ground level. The reference tree thereby became the second tier of evidence in terms of the legal heirarchy of evidence pertaining to the determination of the original corner position. I love the sense of history that goes with tracking down and finding these old marks. This survey left me with a healthy respect for Surveyor Adair who undertook the 1901 survey. His accuracy and quality of markings is as good as I have ever seen in surveys of a comparable age throughout my 48 years surveying. And just for something a bit off topic, I have posted a pic of an ugly old surveyor at the foot of a huge old currajong tree in the scrub on the same site. That tree is bigger than any other currajong I have ever seen. See more

14.01.2022 Just finished an interesting job right up at the end of the road at Townson (south of Mulgowie) - and then right up onto the range. Take a look at the pics here.... The first two might be marginally interesting until you look at the third - which is a cropped and blownup version of the second - with the scyscrapers of Brisbane City clearly visible - 77km away as the crow flies. No wonder I love my job! See more

14.01.2022 Just back from St. George. Nice to get to go bush again. For a job so far from home we have to be sure to add another layer of care - a long way to go back if some small detail were to be forgotten.

10.01.2022 Just Finished a job at "The Falls" South-East of Killarney. Not a bad spot to spend a few days - but beware of the scrub ticks. The locals insist that they are in drought - but their drought is akin to a good season elsewhere.

09.01.2022 Hay River Track

03.01.2022 Sometimes - just the seemingly innocuous act of just getting the work vehicle far enough off the road to not be a danger to through traffic - can be fraught with danger. On this occasion, there was no outward indication that the table drain was so deep and boggy. Needed some help to overcome the problem.

03.01.2022 Things are a bit slow at the moment - after the extended drought, horrendous fires, major rain and now the deadly new Corona Virus scare. Good time to get in practice for pending retirement I suppose (me) - or to get a great price for your surveying needs (you). Not too many mozzies as yet - but I am sure they will come. Just a thought to share - look around you at the new lush grass growth. In many places now the green panic is head high or taller. Now think about the poor o...ld surveyor trying to get line of sight for his measurements and sightings. Surveyor's application GPS is a valuable tool but often not suitable for the task at hand (under forest vegetation for example) or unable to satisfy accuracy standards (many small scale property boundary applications) - so we very often still need that line of sight clear to undertake our work. See more