From Hunter's Beach to Helipad
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Reclamation Photo History
(Mar 14, 2004)
Something new in this issue: a photo history,
putting photos from various sources about the same subject into a
sequence, showing the development of a local landmark. The temporary
helipad in the far end of the reclamation has been completed around
Chinese New Year, so I thought it good timing to put the very best of
hundreds of photos into a chronological order.
Rarely has a local area been more transformed than
the former secluded, idyllic, sandy Hunter's Beach, location of many a
wild party in Lamma's "good old days" (as the old-timers keep telling us),
pre-Handover.
Having been reclaimed years ago, it's become the location of
the new temporary helipad now, used to medevac emergencies from the nearby
Lamma Clinic. Let's look at the changes it has gone through over the last
40 years, below.
Sep 11, 2007:
Updates of this photo gallery. A "Crops Clearance" has just started and
all vegetation is being cut down, in preparation for the
permanent helipad (see left) and the STW (Sewage Treatment
Works) in the location of the current temporary helipad.
(click to enlarge)
Historic photos:
Aerial, March 1963 (from Richard)
Aerial, Feb 1973 (from Richard)
Aerial, Jan 1993 (from Richard)
ca. 10 years ago: Hunter on Hunter's Beach (water source on right, photo from Bobsy)
ca. 10 years ago: YSW waterfront (photo from Bobsy)
ca. 10 years ago (photo from Bobsy)
ca. 10 years ago (photo from Bobsy)
ca. 10 years ago (photo from Bobsy)
ca. 10 years ago: Hunter's Beach, location of helipad nowadays
ca. 10 years ago, view from just above Hunter's Beach (photo from Kevin Bishop)
ca. 10 years ago, view from the far end of Hunter's Beach (photo from Kevin Bishop)
Google map, reclamation pre-Helipad (lower left)
Feb 15, 2003 (night
shots):
All following photos shot from refuse collection plant in the reclamation
Hazardous?
YSW shoreline
Ready for a romantic boat ride?
Ferry pier glowing
Oil rig?
April 17, 2003:
Lamma Antique Bikes Museum (bikes confiscated from ferry pier)
Refuse collection station
Dumping ground at end of reclamation
Unused for many years
Locals enjoying a day on the beach
A paradise for beach rock climbers
Powerstation in the distance
Families gathering mussels (or cockles?)
Bounty of one afternoon of collecting
Sun setting soon
A long way back home!
Jan 13, 2004:
No dumping in this area!
Construction of temporary helipad in progress
Inconvenience caused...
Construction site, after so many years of remaining unused
Pouring more concrete
Men at work
Happy times are here again (for the local construction industry)
Artificial shoreline
The very end of the reclamation, rock-climbing only from her onwards
Walking on the seawall back to YSW
So near, yet so far
View from helipad...
Feb 16, 2004:
Approaching the end of the reclamation
But why is the gate padlocked?
Access road to helipad
Helipad w/YSW and ferry pier in background
H-elicopter
Helicopter landing on new helipad, shot from Sampan Rest., Feb 21, 2004
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Something new in this issue: a photo history,
putting photos from various sources about the same subject into a
sequence, showing the development of a local landmark. The temporary
helipad in the far end of the reclamation has been completed around
Chinese New Year, so I thought it good timing to put the very best of
hundreds of photos into a chronological order.
Rarely has a local area been more transformed than
the former secluded, idyllic, sandy Hunter's Beach, location of many a
wild party in Lamma's "good old days" (as the old-timers keep telling us),
pre-Handover.
Having been reclaimed years ago, it's become the location of
the new temporary helipad now, used to medevac emergencies from the nearby
Lamma Clinic. Let's look at the changes it has gone through over the last
40 years, below.
