New Breakwater Bridge

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We often drive cross the Barwon River at Breakwater, under the old railway line, and it's always busy. The new bridge is at last being built - I posted about it over a year ago and it's been a slow process in getting under way. Though it was cold yesterday - about 11 degrees Celsius, we went for a stroll along the river to see how it was going. Two large cranes were active, very noisy and sounding the like the battle of the bands. Then I took a photo from our side of the river. The plan has meant the dislocation of several families as their houses were compulsorily bought and demolished. It's a $63 million project they say, but that's sure to blow out as all government tasks seem to do.

The Barwon River at Breakwater

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The day was extremely hot but by 5 p.m. it was a little easier so we decided to drive to some venue with airconditioning and buy coffee perhaps, but take sketchbooks. Well, we went down some unknown roads and lanes in Marshalltown, but also stopped at the Breakwater Bridge. For a few years now the Council has been talking about building a new Breakwater Bridge because this railway bridge is very very old and the road is very busy also. But there are numerous complaints from houseowners vulnerable to the planning. Here are the sketches I did.
We did drop into the White Eagle -owned by the Polish Club - by 6.15 to have a meal, and to cool down. It's a nice bistro and our church Connexions group go there quite often for a meal.

Later - Sunday. I found a couple of photos on the internet showing a train going over the Breakwater Bridge and one of the winding Barwon River, also a couple of vasriations of the pics I did yesterday.