Industrial estate

[bigbob]

Industrial estate



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This plant produces feed for farm animals. As the estate this is on  used to be an orchard only 30 years ago, the local authority ruled that all buildings must be surrounded as much as possible by trees and any other native plants therefor giving it a more friendly and green look. I estimate that by the time these trees have grown enough to hide this building it will have been pulled down as obsolete.

[Analog6]

But I like the line of trees and line of silos, Bob, it has a sort of symmetry.

[Ross and Cher]

Nicely done Bob - and agree that the trees will take a while to catch up, but its better than the abandonened silos that dot our local area - no trees and just rotting away!!

[admin]

An interesting perspective Bob. A similar tactic is used in some heavily deforested areas, where a little band of green is left along land fronting public roads. Our new England Highway between Singelton and Musswellbrook in NSW Australia where the mining companies create low grassy mounds along the road way hiding ginourmous open cut mining activities that scar the countryside...Note the scale in the bottom left of the map window - some of these holes are over 3 kilometres (2 miles) long!

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Muswellbrook+New+South+Wales+2333&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=50.303435,132.802734&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FWWzE_4ddWH-CA&split=0&hq=&hnear=Muswellbrook+New+South+Wales&ll=-32.554916,151.145096&spn=0.188096,0.518761&t=h&z=12

[Cher and Ross]

At least they are thinking a bit about our future, but agree time passes quicker than trees can grow and yes no doubt they will be obsolete sooner! Good shot Bob, thanks for showing us it happens everywhere! Yes Mark, we were shocked at what we saw on our trip earlier this year down that way! :'(