Damocles Rock

We keep an eye on this rock. It is about the size of a full sized billiard table, and would be a metre or more thick. I would guess it would weigh something like 8 tonnes. When it does let go, it will end up on the road. Engineers reckon it is pretty safe, but we give it a wide berth. We have to wear hard hats when working in an area like this where there is a risk of falling rocks. At night, clearing rocks and debris off the road, you feel pretty vulnerable. A big rock fall here would be very scary. Of course a hard hat is pretty bloody futile too. When you are called out to "rocks on the road" in this area you never know if they will be football sized, or football field sized. I have been lucky so far, the biggest about the size of a school desk and I could drag it off the road with my truck.
Rest Area 300m