{"id":141,"date":"2010-06-22T02:19:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T02:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=141"},"modified":"2017-11-27T22:19:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:19:54","slug":"the-woomera-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/the-woomera-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WOOMERA PIPELINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-142\" title=\"Woomera pipeline3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline3.jpg?resize=660%2C494\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline3.jpg?resize=660%2C494&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline3.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline3.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-143\" title=\"Woomera pipeline2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline2.jpg?resize=660%2C441\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline2.jpg?resize=660%2C441&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline2.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline2.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-144\" title=\"Woomera pipeline4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline4.jpg?resize=660%2C494\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline4.jpg?resize=660%2C494&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline4.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline4.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-145\" title=\"Woomera pipeline5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline5.jpg?resize=660%2C441\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline5.jpg?resize=660%2C441&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline5.jpg?resize=675%2C450&amp;ssl=1 675w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline5.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline5.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Woomera-pipeline5.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>The tutors told us to bring out paint brushes and nothing else. No easel, no paper. We drove along a dirt road and they told us to get out. It turns out the Woomera-Adelaide water pipeline was going to be our canvas. It was such a fun morning, half way through some of us abandoned brushes and fingerpainted, later I found a tennis ball and Brent and I loaded it up with gouache and took turns throwing it at the pipe. Some of my clothes were the worse for wear afterwards, but it was just a blast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tutors told us to bring out paint brushes and nothing else. No easel, no paper. We drove along a dirt road and they told us to get out. It turns out the Woomera-Adelaide water pipeline was going to be our canvas. 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