This timelapse video looks south towards the entrance portal of the future 235-metre tunnel, which will run underneath the former Mt Messenger rest area—where the tall central tower of the project's groundbreaking 1.1-kilometre cableway is currently sited.
Taken over a three-week period from January to February, the timelapse showcases a range of activities including a decanting earth bund (bottom right of shot)—an engineered control that treats dirty water to protect the downstream environment from the effects of water quality degradation and sedimentation.
The excavators in the imagery are working in both directions to divert 950 metres of stream through temporary culverts.
