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CHEMICAL LEAK CLOSES STUART HIGHWAY
South Australian Police have advised that the Stuart Highway, approximately 5kms north of Pimba is closed to traffic due to a chemical incident. Chemicals on board a truck are leaking with one believed to be hydrochloric acid. The road is … Continue reading
Posted in COOBER PEDY News & Events
Tagged Chemical leak, coober pedy regional times, Pimba, sapol, stuart highway
DRUG STASH ($150K) FOUND IN ADELAIDE – ALICE SPRINGS BUS LUGGAGE
Police sniffer dogs have found a commercial quantity of drugs stashed in luggage on a northbound bus in Alice Springs overnight. Police were checking the Stuart Highway bus from Adelaide when sniffer dogs found an estimated $150,000 worth of drugs … Continue reading
ADVANCE NOTICE – SECTIONS OF STUART & EYRE HIGHWAYS ROAD CLOSURES
Sections of the Stuart and Eyre Highway will be closed to allow DTEI and other officials to monitor road train vehicle movement and tracking along these sections of the Highways
WOOMERA ACTIVITY RANGE WARNING – HAYABUSA
HAYABUSA – WOOMERA “CAPSULE LANDING” – PAGE REDIRECT FULL NOTICE BELOW AND MAP DETAILS of WOOMERA PROHIBITED AREA and ROAD BLOCK AREAS. The sections of Stuart Highway that will be closed is between 60 kms and 120kms north of Glendambo (or … Continue reading
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Tagged coober pedy, coober pedy regional times, Current weather conditions, Glendambo, Hayabusa Earth return capsule, Hayabusa Re-Entry Schematic, Hayabusa reentry photos and video, MAP DETAILS of WOOMERA PROHIBITED AREA, Outline of trajectory guidance, Roadblocks, stuart highway, Woomera Prohibited Area
TRAVELLERS CAMPING AT ‘REST AREA’ NEAR COOBER PEDY POSE HEALTH & SAFETY HAZZARD
Human effluent is building up at the rest area near Coober Pedy, with approximately 15 campers per night using the welcome entrance on the Stuart Highway as a camping ground. Concerns are growing, that it could equate to a conservative 1,350 toilet flushes … Continue reading
WOOMERA “ROCKET RANGE ACTIVITY” SCRAM JET
Please Note: HAYABUSA re-entry is here The Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) are scheduled to conduct the launch of a sounding rocket in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the period 21 – 28 May 2010. The predicted impact point … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal Heritage, coober pedy, coober pedy regional times, Maralinga Tjarutja Lands, military projectiles, spherical tanks, stuart highway, Tallaringa Conservation Park, The Defence Science and Technology Organization (DSTO), unexploded ammunition, Unnamed Conservation Park, West of Tarcoola rail, William Creek, Woomera Aerospace, Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA)
COOBER PEDY POLICE SEIZE DRUGS FROM ADELAIDE WOMAN’S VEHICLE IN FAR NORTH
Coober Pedy Police performing a routine patrol on Friday 5 March 2010 pulled over a vehicle on the Stuart Highway in the Far North of South Australia and discovered the driver, a female from Carrington near Adelaide, with a quantity … Continue reading
WESTERN PLAINS RESOURCES NEAR COOBER PEDY SUFFERS INVESTOR BLOW FROM DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
abn newswire report Western Plains Resources Ltd (ASX:WPG) signed a A$45 million deal with the Australian subsidiary of Wugang Iron & Steel (Group) Corp (WISCO) to sell a 50 per cent participating interest in the Hawks Nest project located within … Continue reading
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Tagged coober pedy regional times, Department of Defence, Foreign Investment Review Board, Hawks Nest Project, Opal miners, pastoral operations, stuart highway, tourists, Western Plains Resources Ltd, Woomera Prohibited Area, Wugang Iron & Steel (Group) Corp (WISCO)
SCRAM JET TESTING UNDERWAY AT WOOMERA
See 2010 test plans here: HYPERSONIC SCRAMJET TESTS FOR OUTBACK SOUTH AUSTRALIA Posted on March 8, 2010 by Coober Pedy Regional Times (2009) Two HIFiRE launches are scheduled to be conducted in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) during the period 4 … Continue reading
