Take a guess at what this is.

[OzzieAu]

I took a photo of this object, owned by the pastoralist on whose station I stayed recently.
I was gobsmacked to learn what it was part of.
Those old timers were amazing..!

 

[Rockhunter62]

Looks like a pipe to me.

Cheers

Doug

 

[OzzieAu]

Yes Doug, pipe is right, but the application is, well, unbelievable.

 

[Manpa]

Bull or stallion semen collector?

 

[OzzieAu]

Wood, Manpa.... too many splinters means angry bulls :N:

 

[xcvator]

Wooden water pipe for a bore casing

 

[RM Outback]

Not sure what the use of that particular wooden pipe is but I'm sure it will be not only interesting but intelligent. About 4 or 5 years ago I know of a water authority who replaced the last of the wooden sewer pipes from the late 1800's 8) let's just say it's a big town in the GT .

 

[OzzieAu]

This pic will tell all.

Pt Augusta is 45 kms away...... wtf.

 

[Manpa]

Wood, Manpa.... too many splinters means angry bulls :N:

Line it with silk. :lol:

Never bothered Pinocchio

 

[RM Outback]

They had a need for transporting, available material and ingenuity :Y: they weren't to concerned about partial loss so long as it achieved their goal :Y:.

 

[OzzieAu]

That piece of pipe is all that seems to be left of that extraordinary effort to transfer water to the new Pt Augusta. The termites got the rest.

 

[pete165]

The termites got the rest.

Hope they all drowned. Then no more eating of wood for them.

 

[Goldchaser1]

Nice bit of history ozzie,thanks,have seen old pics of early timber troughs at bores etc also,no poly pipe back then hey....

 

[OzzieAu]

Yeah Goldchaser, those forebears of ours were bloody unbelievable in what they could achieve with the resources on hand.
Just imagine the effort to cut all that timber and tie it up with wire and lay a 45 km. length through creeks and gullies....ironmen for sure.

 

[Goldchaser1]

Yeah unbeleivable,allways been impressed by the old timers water races in some areas also,what we call a hard days work i think the old timers would have a good old laugh about....