I have not been able to find out the date of The University of New South Wales Open Day on 27th September, 1975. I don't recall if there was a requirement for staff to participate, but I was quite looking forward to it. I think we were given time off in lieu, rather than $$ for the day.
The Applied Science Building was being decorated when I arrived. Though the top row at the left end is somewhat coming off or apart.
Somewhat later, and the decoration has continued down. I can't recall whether there was some pattern to it.
The view from room 301 of Electrical Engineering. The Mechanical Engineers (building across the street) staged a student competition in this area. The project was to build a wooden vehicle, akin to the Flinstone's "car" and run an obstacle course. I presume the winner would be the crew with the fastest time. The students are assembling here with their cars.
The competitors lined up - perhaps for a technical inspection! From memory, the TV crew was from the ABC.
"Drivers, start your engine." seems to be the event now. Of course, from Flintstone time, there is no engine, just human power. Some of the vehicles look more comfortable than others.
This looks more like a warm up lap than any organised competition. Or perhaps a training session would be more appropriate.
This is a pretty simple vehicle - more the classic billy cart. "Trojan" behind looks to be more ambitious, but the billy cart certainly has the benefit of simplicity, and presumably robustness.
Part of the (then) Sydney County Council Measurements Laboratory in room 301 of Electrical Engineering. This was where I worked at the time. The gray console housed the lab's (and thus university's) frequency standard, a Hewlett Packard counter with an oven stabilised crystal oscillator. One of my duties was to run the regular calibration test against the National Measurement Laboratory's time standard. The method involved measuring the time difference from our 1 second pulse to the nearest vertical sync pulse from ABC-TV's transmitter. The variation over time of the difference gave us the error in our frequency.
The colour TV on the right has a couple of magnifying glasses on the front, to show the coloured dot pattern on the screen - circular dots in a triangular pattern. As this was just before the commencement of colour TV transmissions, it was to show people how the colours were displayed. The black and white TV on the left was used for the daily frequency comparison described above.
The ivy covered building was the School of Mining Engineering section of the Old Main Building (first one on campus). From memory this was a mostly static display of mining machinery. The building on the right is the Architecture building.
As above, but showing the mining (presumably drilling) machine in a more useful manntter.
Affectionately known as The Village Green this oval was used by cricket and rugby teams. But at this time, the kite club was out showing their stuff. Behind is the rather new Shalom College.
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