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Three aluminium framing products from Alspec were specified for a new swimming pool complex in Stromlo, ACT to ensure the facility could endure the potentially corrosive indoor pool environment. Located in the western foothills of Canberra, Stromlo Leisure Centre combines soaring timber beams and large glazed aluminium facades to connect with its natural surrounds. Large timber beams made from glulam (glued laminated timber) have been paired with expansive aluminium window and door framing systems from Alspec to not only add to the appearance but also provide a robust, low maintenance solutio...

World-first laser to shunt deadly space junk out of orbit EOS Space Systems has developed the technology to protect infrastructure worth $900 billion. The laser, which will be fired from the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra, has been seven years in the making. READ MORE: Australian scientists are hailing a world-first laser designed to shunt potentially deadly space junk out of orbit, fired from a Canberra hilltop.(9News) It was produced as part of a federally-funded research centre involving EOS, the Australian National University, weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the Japanese Inst...

An image of a venomous Eastern brown snake. Photo: John Tann, Flickr. PARAMEDICS have already reported to attending a number of snake bite victims that have coincided with a rise of incidences across the bush capital this summer.  Canberrans are being urged to take the necessary precautions before an ambulance arrives following high snake activity at Mt Stromlo in recent weeks. ACT ambulance service chief officer Howard Wren said the victims on the popular hiking and mountain-biking trials called 000 immediately and correct treatment was applied that ensured their lives were not at risk. “...