1. Our New And Improved Website
2. Fitting In
3. Environment For Life
4. Sweet Sucess For The Refinery
5. 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 designer being applauded for succeeding in the difficult task of making a project stand out to the client, whilst simultaneously blending into its environment is David Walker. His Building Designers Association award winning home in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, is a great example of how this can be done. See it at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54FittingIn

A forward thinking home builder is impressing both the building industry and the wider public with their energy efficient designs. 'Next - You're Home', which is a collaboration between award winning South Australian builder Ross Lang and acclaimed environmental architect John Maitland, has recently unveiled their seven star rated demonstration home in central Adelaide. Find out more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54Environment

The heritage listed Colonial Sugar Refinery Building at Cutter's Landing on the fringe of Brisbane's CBD has won two Queensland architecture awards for developer Mirvac. The exterior of The Refinery, erected in 1893, has been totally restored as the centrepiece of the A$250 million Cutters Landing project, with the roof and tower areas completely reclad with LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® sheeting made from COLORBOND® steel. Find out more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=54Refinery

• 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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