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Picking the right site location

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Modelling isn't a game for Summer At this point I had left the original intent of scratch building and declared myself a model rail hobbyist and wrapped up my  Getting Started  section. The amount of rain and humidity over the summer 2024 and 2025 period was crazy for Brisbane, but  Cyclone Alfred  made everything clear. I like the humidity, but there were days even I was tapping the air-conditioning button first in the house. The period was a mix of rain and humidity on repeat, waiting for a southerly change to come in and take off the edge never seemed to happen. Interestingly looking back at the data from the  Bureau of Meteorology  the rainfall was almost like someone had moved Brisbane towards the equator, so  I turned my focused to Layout Planning. How big is Pinkenba Pinkenba consisted of two aspects a single passenger line station and the main freight facilities, using the magic of google maps, the whole precinct estimation is  Total area:...