WWII Era Shell Found By Road crew

Galeston Gorge, Australia Road workers repairing a road following a heavy rainfall found an ordnance item during construction. The police were notified and an Australian Defence Force (ADF) EOD team from Orchid Hills was dispatched to remove the UXO.

EOD confirmed that the 25 pound ordnance was live. Traffic around the area was re-routed for approximately 3 hours as EOD removed the item for safe disposal and searched the immediate area for other ordnance.

Authorities were unsure at first as to how the ordnance ended up by the side of the road. However, a local historian pointed out that the Army was stationed in the area during WWII.