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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16616 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Bruce Highway closed Reply #45 - Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 7:18pm chimera wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 7:05pm: Urea. Car is gone. Urea nitrate. House and car are gone. Urea has only one O. Not much oxidiser, maybe rust. Urea Nitrate has 4 to give up, don't let it near your vehicles fuel..
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chimera Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11652 armidale Gender:	Re: Bruce Highway closed Reply #46 - Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 7:31pm Urea. Keep away from heat, sparks, and all sources of ignition. Do not smoke in areas where the product is used or stored. Provide grounding and bonding during transfer to reduce the possibility of fire or explosion. O
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Re: Bruce Highway closed
Reply #47 - Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 9:43pm

Bobby. wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 6:39pm:

The road wasn't affected - why did they close it?

https://www.northweststar.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-d...

see story here:
https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8751497/like-a-missile-crater-blast-road-...

That's odd. The first picture I saw made it look like a big hole right in the middle of the road.

They were worried about the integrity of a nearby culvert.

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Re: Bruce Highway closed
Reply #48 - Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 9:52pm

freediver wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 9:43pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 6:39pm:

The road wasn't affected - why did they close it?

https://www.northweststar.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-d...

see story here:
https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8751497/like-a-missile-crater-blast-road-...

That's odd. The first picture I saw made it look like a big hole right in the middle of the road.

They were worried about the integrity of a nearby culvert.

yes - very strange.

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Re: Bruce Highway closed
Reply #49 - Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 10:31pm

Gnads wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2024 at 12:27pm:

Daves2017 wrote on Sep 1^st, 2024 at 6:01pm:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-01/bruce-highway-long-wait-to-reopen-after-t...

Another person now killed due to the Bruce highway accident.
Details are hard to find but I know first hand Queensland’s back roads can often find So I won’t speculate.

Given it’s taken the Queensland government ten years to upgrade the m1 behind the gold coast and it’s almost half done and 58 times over budget I think the Bruce highway repairs could well be completed next millennium

I'd say he was killed due to his own stupidity.

Walking along the Burnett Highway at 12.30am - just after midnight in the middle of know where
in an area known as Malmoe -NW of Mundubbera.
And he was from Hervey Bay.

https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2024/09/01/fatal-traffic-incident-malmoe/#:~:te...

Banana bender?

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John_Taverner Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2212 Gender:	Re: Bruce Highway closed Reply #50 - Sep 4^th, 2024 at 8:52am Put it this way. You can buy Urea from Bunnings. You can't buy ammonium nitrate without a licence. 95% of ammonium nitrate produced in Australia is used for blasting. The remaining 5% is used for fertiliser. It's mostly used by fertiliser companies to formulate fertilisers.
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Reply #51 - Sep 4^th, 2024 at 9:13am

' If you have a claim against a retail store or Bunnings warehouse and your injuries have left you unable to work you might not need to pay for your medical expenses or financial losses At PK Simpson, we can help you lodge retail store claims for compensation whether your accident was caused by, e.g., a falling retail item, an obstacle in an aisle or urea. '
https://www.pksimpson.com.au/bunnings-store-accident-compensation-claims/

At $5.4m per lane kilometre, the average cost of class 1 rural roads is more than four times the average cost of class 3 rural roads.

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Re: Bruce Highway closed
Reply #52 - Sep 4^th, 2024 at 11:06am

freediver wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 9:43pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 6:39pm:

The road wasn't affected - why did they close it?

https://www.northweststar.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-d...

see story here:
https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8751497/like-a-missile-crater-blast-road-...

That's odd. The first picture I saw made it look like a big hole right in the middle of the road.

They were worried about the integrity of a nearby culvert.

What you saw on the road was debris from the blast that landed on road surface.

Camera angles for more sensational pictures no?

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Re: Bruce Highway closed
Reply #53 - Sep 4^th, 2024 at 11:43am

John_Taverner wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 8:52am:

Put it this way. You can buy Urea from Bunnings. You can't buy ammonium nitrate without a licence.

95% of ammonium nitrate produced in Australia is used for blasting. The remaining 5% is used for fertiliser. It's mostly used by fertiliser companies to formulate fertilisers.

I stand corrected ..... I'm sure there was a time when urea was hard to buy & they(the authorities) were paying very close attention to anyone who tried to buy large quantities from stores like Bunnings etc.

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Re: Bruce Highway closed
Reply #54 - Sep 4^th, 2024 at 5:13pm

Gnads wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 11:43am:

John_Taverner wrote on Sep 4^th, 2024 at 8:52am:

Put it this way. You can buy Urea from Bunnings. You can't buy ammonium nitrate without a licence.

95% of ammonium nitrate produced in Australia is used for blasting. The remaining 5% is used for fertiliser. It's mostly used by fertiliser companies to formulate fertilisers.

I stand corrected ..... I'm sure there was a time when urea was hard to buy & they(the authorities) were paying very close attention to anyone who tried to buy large quantities from stores like Bunnings etc.

Yes. It's a precursor for an explosive used by terrorists. I'll leave it at that.

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