26-02-2022, 04:22 PM
Flaxmere is indeed a 'special' neighbourhood. We ran an oil exploration related seismic survey in the area back in the late 80s/early 90s (can't recall exactly when now) and part of the job involved leaving geophone connection boxes and cabling laid out along the surveyed line overnight. Typically in an urban area the security will run a few passes during the evening to fend off the thieves that see the gear as free copper, magnets and electronics for their taking. When we went through Flaxmere the security guys spent ALL night working full-on to keep our gear from ending up as bootie for the low lives there. The seismic companies are used to having that level of theft risk in 3rd world countries so interpret that as you will.