Hmmmmm, Tony
and Sue have problems with their car. It has been carted off on the back of a
truck to be fixed. They are stuck in Charters Towers for a bit and will catch
up with us later.
Our Taj
Mahal and Porta House have gone on to Burdekin Falls Dam to spend a few days.
A really
good road all the way out which runs through station country. Lots of grids and
cattle in really good condition along the way. Had a really good run and
arrived about 11:30am just in time for lunch.
Checked out
the caravan park, while doing that Kathy took a tumble and ended up with mud
all over her bottom and leg. Also a nice couple of scratches on the top of her
right foot. Desma just stood and had a good laugh.
Back at the
caravan the boys sorted out the pots sorted hooked up the boat and went to put
the pots in the water and try fishing.
They came
back with 27 nice Red Claw which we had for tea, but no fish. They will check
the pots again in the morning.
Monday and
Tuesday were lovely days every time the boys checked the pots they came back
with more Red Claw to be cleaned and cooked. We did stuff ourselves stupid on
them but had a relaxing time doing it.
Wednesday we
packed up wishing we could stay longer the caravan park is a credit to the
caretakers who look after it.
Not far from
the park are the old foundations of the
houses and camp from the dam construction days.
The Dam; The Burdekin river catchment
encompasses approximately 130,000 square kilometres of the state of Queensland.
The catchment, bounded by the Great Dividing
Range, extends from Ingham to Rockhampton and west to Torrens creek, near
Hughenden.
The river enters
the coastal plain through a narrow gap in the ranges reaching the sea at an
active delta.
Burdekin Falls Dam
supplies water to farms in the Burdekin Haughton water supply scheme in the
cities of Townsville and Thuringowa.
The dam was further
developed to include a Hydro Electric Power station to provide sustainable
electricity for North Queensland.
A couple of
statistics
Length of dam 876m
Length of
spillway 504m
Spillway height
above riverbed 40m
Storage
capacity 1,860,000ml
Reservoir area 22,400ha
Construction Mass concrete
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