Gary Hodge, a Telstra network constructor, installing an antenna at Deakin on the Nullarbor.
Constructor Operative Kevin Ward, one of the crew involved in installing transmission equipment at radio tower sites across the Nullarbor (note the swag set up for the night).
An Arnhem Land fibre project construction camp set up around the Rikurdji transmission tower (30km east of Oenpelli), Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Getting the gear on-site is half the challenge...It takes a prime mover (a Volvo FH660 towing 2x8 dolly and 4x8 low loader) to move the type of equipment required (a Komatsu 375 Rip Tractor) for Telstra’s construction projects, such as the Northcliffe to Walpole fibre project, WA.
Telstra fuel truck - One National Fibre Network plough crew will use approximately 8,000 litres of diesel per week.
For a remote satellite installation at Alligator River (NT), both equipment and crew had to be flown in by helicopter due to the terrain.
The Yam Island radio tower, part of the Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) project.
Danny Frederiksen atop the Yam Island radio tower, conducting preliminary work leading up to the Torres Strait Island radio tower upgrade project.
Telstra crews working on the Groote Eylandt submarine cable project on the beach at Alyangula, Groote Eylandt (NT).
Telstra project managed the Groote Eylandt submarine cable project where 95km of double-armoured submarine cable was loaded on to a local, self-propelled barge (pictured here), modified to lay the cable from Numbulwar to Alyangula, Groote Eylandt (NT).
Paul Palladino and Claudia Seke, specialised constructors, on board Ocean Legend, a mobile oil and gas platform, off the WA coast. Their job was to install a new satellite antenna, aligned to AsiaSat4.
Gary Hodge, a Telstra network constructor, installing an antenna at Deakin on the Nullarbor.