The earth rumbled, and the giant chimneys began to lean forward. Ten seconds later a plume of dust was all that remained from where the Liddell power station stacks had stood for more than half a century.
Under a gloomy sky, a series of precision detonations brought down the 170-metre tall structures just before 11am.
The detonation time was pushed back by 90 minutes due to a lack of wind.
