1. Our New And Improved Website
2. Research Into The Performance Of Residential Fencing in Bushfires
3. XLERPLATE® Steel Helps Queensland Fabricator Thrive
4. Blacksmithing In 1908, Steel Fabrication Now
5. Push Boundaries, Without The Risk
6. Fast Facts

BlueScope Steel has relaunched its award winning Australian Products website - www.bluescopesteel.com.au - with a new look and easier to access features. The new website takes advantage of more sophisticated back-end technology to deliver a new site structure that provides for a faster, more logical route to information, tools and features. View the new site at

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54NewWebsite

A recent testing project carried out by the Co-operative Research Centre for Bushfire and the CSIRO, has revealed that different types of fencing can play an important part in defending homes against the threat of bushfire. The research investigated the effects of typical Australian bushfire exposures on residential boundary fences made from steel, hardwood and treated pine. Read the results at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54Bushfires

A boilermaking background has provided a launching point for a successful fabrication business for Queenslander, Paul Breckon. The company operates a mobile engineering business carrying out maintenance of plant and equipment for farms and mines in the region and also sells its own brand of farm equipment throughout Australia. Read how XLERPLATE® steel has helped this business at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54Breckon

S.J. Cheesman Engineering began business as a blacksmith shop in 1908. Almost a century later the company still has connections to the carriage trade and has developed into a significant South Australian engineering and steel fabrication specialist. Read more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54Blacksmithing

BlueScope Lysaght is encouraging design innovation with our new LYSAGHT® Design Test Centre. The centre was developed to prototype any roof design that your imagination creates and ensure our product performs under these specific conditions, allowing you to push design boundaries, without the risk! If the tests are successful the Lysaght Design Test Centre will issue a technical report and certification to give peace of mind to builder and architect alike. Find out more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54DTC

• The wettest place in the world is Mawsynram, India, which receives an average of 11,870 mm per year
• In Australia, the wettest town is Tully in North QLD, which has an annual average rainfall of 4,204 mm
• In contrast - the driest place in the world is Wadi Halfa in Sudan, with an annual average rainfall of less than 2.5 mm
• In Australia, Mulka Bore, west of Lake Eyre in South Australia is the driest area with an average annual rainfall of only 100 mm
• The record for the most rainy days in a year in Australia is held by Waratah PO, Tasmania with 314 rainy days in 1955

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager

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