It was an unusual delivery method that saw concrete flown to a remote NSW island
The small Montague Island Burunguba is located nine kilometres off the south coast of NSW near Narooma. The island is popular with tourists for the array of wildlife including the largest colony of little penguins in NSW, thousands of birds and a colony of fur seals.
NSW Parks and Wildlife recently undertook upgrade work for a 400-metre-long access track on the island, with cement supplied from Boral’s Narooma plant.
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The Narooma team was asked to supply 90 cubic metres of concrete in three cubic metre loads across four days. The only way of supplying a project like this is with a helicopter and kibble.
While the volume supplied was small, the location added an element of risk and additional time pressure with any delays resulting in increased helicopter charges.
Operations manager southern NSW/ACT Hayden Gibson-Hearne says: “The Narooma team didn’t miss a beat all week and our customer praised the team for their efforts and service.”