In a 178-point deluge in Southern Command recently, the Army achieved a victory over General Mud.
The victor was the 21st Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers, based at Puckapunyal.
The Sappers were taking part in the Field Days conducted by the local government engineers at Greenvale Village for the Aged, near Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport.
This year, much of the $9 million, worth of earth-moving machinery was used to help the village —15,000 sq. yds. of land were levelled for a rehabilitation centre and long-term accommodation.
Portable generators supplied by 21 Const. Sqn. provided all the electrical power for the site.
The. engineers from the Squadron, along with soldiers of 3rd Army Recruiting .Unit, also set up a display.
Work on the site was almost abandoned when the 178 points- fell .and turned it into a guagmire.
The grid in the center of the photo consists of displays by vendors of construction equipment.
Source: Greenvale Village for the Aged annual report.
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