To see a dam water is a spectacular view. On top we have water for tommorow.,so why not more of such marvellous construction. Prevention of floods and droughts
I hear ya Henry, especially when you look at the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme. All the dams are connected with tunnels, which have generators to generate electricity, and to move water around. But dams do take up a massive area, swallowing up land, native flora and wildlife etc. But I’m definitely in your side 👍🏼 Cheers for watching mate !
Love Dart, one of my most like places I have visited, the natural spillway cut into the mountain is just so awesome! I was last there in the early 80's when I last saw water flow over the spillway!
@@Lee-astrololee not to mention the 2 days I took off at the end of my swing at Snowy 2.0 to get there to film it. 🤦🏽😂 But I wasn’t going to mix it, wanted to get this episode up as quick as I could. 👍🏼
I was there as a school kid when it was officially opened. Went to school at Dartmouth. Very different times back there in late 70's. Wish life was as simple now. Thanks heaps for the Footage. Cheers mate 👍🐕🤠
Hello, your video brought back memories of a fishing trip at Dartmouth Dam about 32 years ago. Myself and my mate Larry drove up towing a 16ft fiberglass half cab boat from Ringwood, when we arrived at the boat ramp the wind was howling and causing quite a chop on the water and then the rain came as we went halfway across to the other side to get out of the wind, we made it up a raging creek and tied up the boat to a tree, it was a long night ! soaking wet, no fish and we wished we had stayed home,
Sounds like you had quite the adventure up there … and you still remember it and can talk about it !! You wouldn’t be talking about the couple of days you stayed at home. 😂🤦🏽
Thanks for sharing ! It is an amazing sight / video indeed. Loved it there when the smaller Banimboola station downstream of Dartmouth was built in 2005 /2006. Dartmouth it's has its own share of strories too. Awesome sight. Amazing area and nature.
@@aguyandhistroopy Agreed, and probably less likely to fail like the Oroville Dam spillway. Props to the engineers for coming up with such a natural looking yet spectacular design.
I was there 26 years ago and went back two weeks ago. it is an insane amount of water. Dartmouth is spilling 9.1 GL a day down that waterfall and that is going into the Hume dam 60 kilometers downstream where it meats the Murray river. The Hume dam is maintaining a small air space so is spilling all its inflow at present which is 41 GL a day as of 27/10/22 so several gates are open spilling a lot of water. If you subtract the total coming in from Dartmouth that means 32 GL is flowing down the upper Murray system at present then add to that the Kiewa River, the Ovens River, the Goulburn River, and the Campaspe River plus tributaries of these rivers which are all running at very high or flood levels and you see why Echuca was in so much trouble.
Some stats there , might have to call you the “ Bruce McAvaney of TH-cam I think … I need your number ! 👍🏼 You’d be one of few that’s seen it twice I’d reckon?! Yeah it’s crazy the amount of water on the SE of Aus at present, but to see that much water in the Murray River is insane.
I worked in that power station 26yrs ago for 11yrs and saw the water come over the spillway for first time. Still looks amazing...great photography well done
Thanks Jack, lucky to have the power station and the dam wall I hear, but prob way before your time though. It was definitely spectacular to see. Thanks for watching 🍻
It’s definitely full at the moment !! 👍🏼😂 I camped up on the Gibbo River last year, it’s runs into it. On the video we went to a junction on river. That spot will now be under water, crazy to think that would happen.
It’s insane, everywhere you look at the moment it’s green and lush, and all the dams are full. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it like this myself. 👍🏼
Great video, what a spectaculor sight to see,, came up on my home page, marvellous piece of engineering considering the machinery they used back than. Thanks for the time effort and energy put in to watch this🌏
Extremely loud Barry, Blundstone Boots … Aussie made! 👍🏼 We had massive bushfires here a couple of years ago, total devastation in the NP. The seeds that dropped have just started going into saplings below the dead trees. There is no greenery to be seen in the distance, but it’s slowly coming back to life.! Thanks for watching mate, I appreciate it ! 👍🏼
A great video, that has been well thought out and produced. Not many TH-camrs have the ability and insight to put together a multi-media video presentation that knits all the elements together that make for an interesting viewing experience. I've not seen this channel before and can't quite figure out how or why it appeared on my TH-cam feed/recommended list, but I clicked on the link because I thought it was a news story about flooding in Dartmouth,UK! Anywayz, glad I accidentally stumbled upon this interesting and well produced channel, so I subscribed and gave it a like. Whilst I do have a connection and affinity with Australia, my main reasons for subscribing were this guys video editing and producing abilities ( sorry don't know who he is yet as we not long just arrived here! ) and his efforts to grow his TH-cam channel, which particuarly ticked my box and led to an interesting and in-depth conversation with my partner on the mechanics, intricacies and the nuances in design that contribute heavily to the success of any TH-cam channel. This guy has obviously learnt a lot and has an almost natural ability and understanding for the subject, which surprisingly, not many TH-camr seem to get. This channel should have considerably more viewers and subscribers, considering the overall quality, and it puzzles me why the numbers are so low and why this channel is not been exposed to a much wider audience. It's probably down to the TH-cam AI Algorithm and maybe some of the meta info not being correctly filled out/completed or something that is negatively impacting the visibility or inclusion of this channel in TH-cam and other search results. Can't think of any other reason right now, but subscribed so that can hopefully get to analyse his videos in detail and hopefully learn what it is that might be holding this great channel back from having millions of views and hundreds of thousands of subscribers, because it is not the quality or presentation for sure, maybe it is just a really new channel or something, dunno, will have to do me homework. Thanks for reading my rambling ramble, Cheers from West Wales, UK :-)
Hi Greg, thanks for watching and for the positive comments and your input. I’m just a Aussie guy ( older guy ) doing what he loves in getting out there a exploring our great country. 4x4ing, touring etc is massive in Oz on TH-cam,and if you not one of the big 20 or so channels you will struggle. The channel is only 14 months old and I’m quite happy how it’s progressing, I like the idea of just letting the channel take its course. I’m getting a lot of good feedback which is good and I have a good loyal bunch of subscribers. My biggest issue is technology beats me, it’s not my strong point, which can be quite frustrating at times. But I’m sticking with it and will just keep putting the content out there and see how it progresses! Please give me any feedback that you think would help me out in the future. This would be greatly appreciated. Once again… thanks for watching and taking the time out to comment and especially for the Sub 👍🏼
Just up the road from me I live in Albury, at the moment the bride and myself are in Bunbury WA, so we missed it in real time, but thanks to you we got a great view, well done digger, an your film work is getting really good 👍 stay safe old timer.
Thanks mate, I’m glad you had the opportunity to watch it ! I hope WA is treating you well. A lot of water around your way at the moment… everything is so lush and green. Was a pleasure to drive in that way and see it looking that way. 👍🏼
Great video with the camera and spectacular footage. I was there just three days after you and the weather was better, the bottom road was open and there were thousands of people there. The Dartmouth pub was booked out and the line for the CFA sausage sizzle 50 metres long. Well worth my two hour drive to get there. Thanks for your efforts.
Yeah it was crazy, a steady flow of traffic coming in and out. All the pubs in the area made a killing. I just wished the wind was as strong, limited the footage a could get. The noise was incredible, such a spectacular sight. But was well worth the 14 hours of driving it took me to get there and home. Cheers for watching and taking the time out to comment… much appreciated 👍🏼
Thanks Guys… the sound was insane. Definitely happy I made the effort to get there. It will be spilling over for a while looking at the weather we are expecting.
Insane , some pretty impressive stats regarding the dam . I’m planning on taking next week off and heading up to Hinnomunjie area for a bit of fishing , after seeing this I’ll probably shoot past for a look .
Impressive sight fella. The Thompson down where we are is so close to going over also. It’s spill way ain’t as good as that one. Plenty of water around that’s for sure. 🤘🍻🔥🇦🇺
Yeah… there is some serious water around at the moment. I haven’t been to Thompson Dam yet, I’ve had a few trips planned but with the troopy off the road I’ve had to point them on the back burner for that region. But the Dartmouth is pretty spectacular that’s for sure !👌
I've seen it twice now in 96 and last Tuesday, Its only an hour from home. Some great places and tracks to explore next time if you get the chance.. We fish the dam and pondage (lake Banimboola) quite often.. Fantastic part of our country.
Definitely a great part of our country. I’ll be back for sure, more so when I have the troopy back on the road. I’d like to go up the back waters of the Dam, I’ve been told you can almost get a boat to Kennedys Hut?
@@aguyandhistroopy yes. Have gotten to Taylor's crossing (old swing bridge) Was too dangerous to go further at the time. That was when the old bridge got damaged . I have pics somewhere!
I was up on that dam wall last Xmas on a highcountry campingtrip..top spot to visit..would be great seeing it overflowing.. Went from there over Mt benambera and camped on Dartmouth at eustance gap before heading over to Tom Groggin.. Keep up the great vids..
Hey Colin, sounds like a great trip. Guessing you’d have some good views of Dartmouth from up on Mt Benambra? I plan on hitting the area around Tom Groggin to Mt Pinnabar sometime around Xmas time. Looking forward d to it !! Thanks for watching mate… appreciate it ! 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy ..we did Mt Gibbo track..slid down Mt pinnabar😂..in middle of summer storm and crossed a very deep Murray at Tom Groggin....interesting in a petrol patrol..but the old girl got through...
@@colindoherty5078 that’s the go! Have to love what Mother Nature throws at you! Im actually ooking at a property up that way on Limestone Rd tomorrow on my way back from Snowy 2.0.
Thanks for your video mate. never been to the dartmouth dam. So, you on the Snowy Hydro two, have you any idea how much of the 27km of tunnels has been bored so far?
Hey Big Red, I’m only a part of the crew building the access roads into Lobs Hole. I know they have completed the main access tunnel which is 2.85ks long, they have started at Tantangra again after being held up for a few months, but I’m pretty sure there only 1k in? and I think they’re moving along ok at the Talbingo end. Not my area so not to concerned about it to tell the truth!
@@aguyandhistroopy Cheers. I imagine they are trying to get through Granite. When they bored the second tunnel for the Hydro at the Keiwa station, they took out enough granite to Seal the road from Falls creek down to the Mitta Mitta. I guess there is going to be a fair bit of crushed granite dumped somewhere By the time they finish.
@@bigred8438 the issues they had at Tantangra was soft ground, the TBM sank, couldn’t mover it till they came up with a solution! All the burden is getting pushed around to make pads on site, filling up massive gullies etc, nothing is leaving site.
for you young ones who aint seen wet like we are about to have, as this is just the start of what the indiginous people who lived here when we settled towns claim, long time wet long time dry. this is not man made climate change, this is australias climate, in the 100 year book of natimuks foundation, in that book it was stated, that the aboriginies stated that fact about the climate. i am 57, ive seen this wet before back in the 70s, my father who is in his 80s remembers lots of wetlands always had water that have been dry for years. my grandfather from tooan, told me about always water in abundance, you still get odd draught years, my grandmothers telling me of walking to school in water, shoes strung about their necks to stay dry. the long dry has been, the next wet cycle has begun, just like those who lived here thousands of years knew as fact. channel 7 stated we have a once in a 1000 year floods, really? was australia founded 1000 years ago? id like to see the data for that claim. the sun was out yesterday oh it must be climate change. oh its raining today it must be climate change.
Couldn’t agree more, commented about it early on post, we are a country of floods and drought. It’s a media’s way for scaring people, and getting ratings. A storm use to be a storm, now it’s a supercell, east coast low etc. Every flood is pretty much classed as a 1 in 100 year flood only to happen again 5 years later. You only need to go back through the weather data a see this that floods and droughts are apart of our history.
look up 1930s 1956 how wet it was, if the info is still there, dad always talks about 1956s big wet. this is nothing yet to what we have had in the past. everyones been sucked into climate change, this is australias climate as it has been for thousands of years, far far before any industry. sit back and enjoy the ubundace of ducks, yabbies, fish, swans, boy have i seen swans before, thousands on one wetland that didnt have hardly room for the swans room too swim over the whole lake. pluvers in mobs of 50. good old days are on the way back.
Couldn’t agree more… we are a land of drought and floods. It’s all a media beat up, once a storm was a storm, now it’s a super cell, east coast low or what ever tag the media wants to call it.
Awesome video! Love the background music!
Cheers Ed, bloody awesome sight. Thanks for watching 👍🏼
To see a dam water is a spectacular view. On top we have water for tommorow.,so why not more of such marvellous construction. Prevention of floods and droughts
I hear ya Henry, especially when you look at the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme. All the dams are connected with tunnels, which have generators to generate electricity, and to move water around.
But dams do take up a massive area, swallowing up land, native flora and wildlife etc.
But I’m definitely in your side 👍🏼
Cheers for watching mate !
Just awesome thanks
No problem mate… thanks for watching ! 👍🏼
Love Dart, one of my most like places I have visited, the natural spillway cut into the mountain is just so awesome! I was last there in the early 80's when I last saw water flow over the spillway!
It’s definitely an awesome sight when it’s spilling over that’s for sure, we’ll worth the 15 hour detour that day!! 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy Geez Louise, that's some bloody detour!
@@Lee-astrololee not to mention the 2 days I took off at the end of my swing at Snowy 2.0 to get there to film it. 🤦🏽😂
But I wasn’t going to mix it, wanted to get this episode up as quick as I could. 👍🏼
@A Guy and his Troopy Loving all your vids Gav, always look forward to the next trip. Just cut out those scary going backwards bits hey!! LOL
Thank in showing this beautiful part of Australia and I also liked the music also. Sth Aust.
No problem Vivienne, thanks for watching.
I’m actually hoping to get over to Flinders Ranges early next year. I hear it’s pretty spectacular.
King Krusty, What an absolute fantastic Production of this rare event. Keep living the dream mate. Moz Murphy
Thanks Moz, I hope you Subscribed, then you can see many more fantastic productions !! 😂😂
Hope your well mate. 👍🏼
I would watch a several hour video of the dam overflowing by itself and nothing else. Keep it up on one screen while I work, it'd be hella relaxing.
I could imagine, would be pretty peaceful until it was roaring over the benches !!
I was there as a school kid when it was officially opened. Went to school at Dartmouth. Very different times back there in late 70's. Wish life was as simple now. Thanks heaps for the Footage. Cheers mate 👍🐕🤠
Hey Mick, yeah things have definitely changed over the years, and not for the better.
Great video. It must have overflowed every 5 years or so though the 80s & 90s
True mate… when you do the maths.👍🏼
Hello, your video brought back memories of a fishing trip at Dartmouth Dam about 32 years ago.
Myself and my mate Larry drove up towing a 16ft fiberglass half cab boat from Ringwood, when we arrived at the boat ramp the wind was howling and causing quite a chop on the water and then the rain came as we went halfway across to the other side to get out of the wind, we made it up a raging creek and tied up the boat to a tree, it was a long night ! soaking wet, no fish and we wished we had stayed home,
Sounds like you had quite the adventure up there … and you still remember it and can talk about it !! You wouldn’t be talking about the couple of days you stayed at home. 😂🤦🏽
@@aguyandhistroopy Nah who wants to remember those times !! The high country is a blast if you know what I mean. Thanks Guy for getting back. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing !
It is an amazing sight / video indeed.
Loved it there when the smaller Banimboola station downstream of Dartmouth was built in 2005 /2006.
Dartmouth it's has its own share of strories too. Awesome sight. Amazing area and nature.
Thanks for watching , I can’t say I’ve heard of the Banimboola Station. Might have to do some research!
Cheers
Thanks mate 😀 I wasn't aware of the overflow so it was nice to see.
It was even better in real life. 👍🏼
Cool Spot Cheers from Dartmouth Nova Scotia Canada.
Thanks mate… and thank you for taking the time out to watch it. 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy 👍
What a sight to see in real life
It was awesome. 👌
I love the steps of the spillway, looks spectacular, Must've been awesome to see it in person.
Thanks for taking us there.👍
No Problems HWD71, glad you enjoyed it.
Made it for a spectacular viewing, rather then a concrete spillway. 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy Agreed, and probably less likely to fail like the Oroville Dam spillway.
Props to the engineers for coming up with such a natural looking yet spectacular design.
I was there 26 years ago and went back two weeks ago. it is an insane amount of water. Dartmouth is spilling 9.1 GL a day down that waterfall and that is going into the Hume dam 60 kilometers downstream where it meats the Murray river. The Hume dam is maintaining a small air space so is spilling all its inflow at present which is 41 GL a day as of 27/10/22 so several gates are open spilling a lot of water. If you subtract the total coming in from Dartmouth that means 32 GL is flowing down the upper Murray system at present then add to that the Kiewa River, the Ovens River, the Goulburn River, and the Campaspe River plus tributaries of these rivers which are all running at very high or flood levels and you see why Echuca was in so much trouble.
Some stats there , might have to call you the “ Bruce McAvaney of TH-cam I think … I need your number ! 👍🏼
You’d be one of few that’s seen it twice I’d reckon?!
Yeah it’s crazy the amount of water on the SE of Aus at present, but to see that much water in the Murray River is insane.
Any chance your related to Barry Shanks ?
What a site to see thanks for showing
No problems mate… it was crazy, thanks for watching it
I worked in that power station 26yrs ago for 11yrs and saw the water come over the spillway for first time. Still looks amazing...great photography well done
Thanks Jack, lucky to have the power station and the dam wall I hear, but prob way before your time though.
It was definitely spectacular to see.
Thanks for watching 🍻
I was very lucky...one week after I left the entire power station exploded...perfect timing 😊
@@jacklanyon5668 was that from the steel beam getting stuck in the turbine. I heard it was lucky the whole dam wall didn’t collapse ?
@Krustygav yes mate ...It could have been a lot worse
Big dam thats for sure mate never knew it even existed hahah cheers for sharing gav 👌
It’s definitely full at the moment !! 👍🏼😂
I camped up on the Gibbo River last year, it’s runs into it. On the video we went to a junction on river. That spot will now be under water, crazy to think that would happen.
Great stuff
Definitely was mate… thanks for watching ! 👍🏼
I have never seen the land so green and lovely .
It’s insane, everywhere you look at the moment it’s green and lush, and all the dams are full. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it like this myself. 👍🏼
Great video, what a spectaculor sight to see,, came up on my home page, marvellous piece of engineering considering the machinery they used back than.
Thanks for the time effort and energy put in to watch this🌏
Definitely was, some dirt was moved to make it that’s for sure.
No problems Muppet, thanks for watching … I appreciate it ! 👍🏼
Good effort young man. Twenty six years from now . . ? Yeah! I reckon you'll still be here. 😃
I doubt it… but if I am here I’ll have to be extra kind to my kids !! 😂
Wow! What a spectacular sight!! Thanks!!
Your welcome… thanks for watching ! 👍🏼
great upload bud ,this one upload made me smash the subscribe button in an instant ,glad to be here
Thanks for Subscribing Peter, it was definitely amazing to see.
I hope you like the rest of my content!
Quite loud! Oliver boots? I didn't know that the trees got so bare Down Under during winter. Anyway, cheers from Chicago
Extremely loud Barry, Blundstone Boots … Aussie made! 👍🏼
We had massive bushfires here a couple of years ago, total devastation in the NP. The seeds that dropped have just started going into saplings below the dead trees. There is no greenery to be seen in the distance, but it’s slowly coming back to life.!
Thanks for watching mate, I appreciate it ! 👍🏼
Cool, thanks! Havn't been there since 1997...cheers from S.A
Only my 2nd time there, I was only a kid back then, most likely 1978? Glad I made the effort to see it, and I appreciate you watching mate! 👍🏼
Cheers for doing the hard yards to share such an amazing sight..
All good mate… it’s something I was always going to see, it was well worth the effort … and the few beers in a pubs around the area were a bonus. 🍺👍🏼
spot on ,im blown away
Certainly an awesome sight! Appreciate your videos. Safe travels mate 👍🏼
Thanks Reidy, appreciate you tuning in and watching. 🍻
Wow. Great footage.
Thank you… it was pretty awesome to see!
Great stuff hubs, glad you’re still out and about even if it’s only the BT 50👍 .
Thanks Luca…it’s not the same but it’s doing it’s job. 🤦🏽👍🏼
A great video, that has been well thought out and produced. Not many TH-camrs have the ability and insight to put together a multi-media video presentation that knits all the elements together that make for an interesting viewing experience. I've not seen this channel before and can't quite figure out how or why it appeared on my TH-cam feed/recommended list, but I clicked on the link because I thought it was a news story about flooding in Dartmouth,UK! Anywayz, glad I accidentally stumbled upon this interesting and well produced channel, so I subscribed and gave it a like.
Whilst I do have a connection and affinity with Australia, my main reasons for subscribing were this guys video editing and producing abilities ( sorry don't know who he is yet as we not long just arrived here! ) and his efforts to grow his TH-cam channel, which particuarly ticked my box and led to an interesting and in-depth conversation with my partner on the mechanics, intricacies and the nuances in design that contribute heavily to the success of any TH-cam channel. This guy has obviously learnt a lot and has an almost natural ability and understanding for the subject, which surprisingly, not many TH-camr seem to get.
This channel should have considerably more viewers and subscribers, considering the overall quality, and it puzzles me why the numbers are so low and why this channel is not been exposed to a much wider audience. It's probably down to the TH-cam AI Algorithm and maybe some of the meta info not being correctly filled out/completed or something that is negatively impacting the visibility or inclusion of this channel in TH-cam and other search results. Can't think of any other reason right now, but subscribed so that can hopefully get to analyse his videos in detail and hopefully learn what it is that might be holding this great channel back from having millions of views and hundreds of thousands of subscribers, because it is not the quality or presentation for sure, maybe it is just a really new channel or something, dunno, will have to do me homework. Thanks for reading my rambling ramble, Cheers from West Wales, UK :-)
Hi Greg, thanks for watching and for the positive comments and your input.
I’m just a Aussie guy ( older guy ) doing what he loves in getting out there a exploring our great country.
4x4ing, touring etc is massive in Oz on TH-cam,and if you not one of the big 20 or so channels you will struggle.
The channel is only 14 months old and I’m quite happy how it’s progressing, I like the idea of just letting the channel take its course. I’m getting a lot of good feedback which is good and I have a good loyal bunch of subscribers.
My biggest issue is technology beats me, it’s not my strong point, which can be quite frustrating at times. But I’m sticking with it and will just keep putting the content out there and see how it progresses!
Please give me any feedback that you think would help me out in the future. This would be greatly appreciated.
Once again… thanks for watching and taking the time out to comment and especially for the Sub 👍🏼
Just up the road from me I live in Albury, at the moment the bride and myself are in Bunbury WA, so we missed it in real time, but thanks to you we got a great view, well done digger, an your film work is getting really good 👍 stay safe old timer.
Thanks mate, I’m glad you had the opportunity to watch it ! I hope WA is treating you well. A lot of water around your way at the moment… everything is so lush and green. Was a pleasure to drive in that way and see it looking that way. 👍🏼
Great video with the camera and spectacular footage. I was there just three days after you and the weather was better, the bottom road was open and there were thousands of people there. The Dartmouth pub was booked out and the line for the CFA sausage sizzle 50 metres long. Well worth my two hour drive to get there. Thanks for your efforts.
Yeah it was crazy, a steady flow of traffic coming in and out. All the pubs in the area made a killing.
I just wished the wind was as strong, limited the footage a could get. The noise was incredible, such a spectacular sight.
But was well worth the 14 hours of driving it took me to get there and home.
Cheers for watching and taking the time out to comment… much appreciated 👍🏼
Thanks mate that was awesome!
Thank you for watching Alan 👍🏼
With a boss called "Chook", how can you go wrong.
Yeah mate, he’s a great bloke. Have to love an early knock !
Definitely enjoyed watching mate. Looked bloody awesome. Can only image the noise up close. Good to have experienced it that’s for sure. 🤙
Thanks Guys… the sound was insane. Definitely happy I made the effort to get there.
It will be spilling over for a while looking at the weather we are expecting.
A nice natural rock spillway. Better than using all that concrete.
So much better, makes it for some pretty spectacular viewing ! 👍🏼
awesome.
cheers mate
jim
No prob Jim, thanks for watching ! 👍🏼
Thank❤ you for filming it well done via drone😅
I’m just happy to still have the drone 😂
It was blowing pretty hard! Thanks for watching! 👍🏼
Good vid n welcome back..
Thanks mate! 👍🏼
Insane , some pretty impressive stats regarding the dam .
I’m planning on taking next week off and heading up to Hinnomunjie area for a bit of fishing , after seeing this I’ll probably shoot past for a look .
Yeah, it’s worth a look, prob only a 5-6 hour round trip from around Hinnomunjie area. Couple of pubs for a sneaky beer at also! 🍻👍🏼
Very cool mate
Thanks mate… it was pretty impressive! 👍🏼
Mighty impressive! Ta
That it is… well worth the drive !
Impressive sight fella. The Thompson down where we are is so close to going over also. It’s spill way ain’t as good as that one. Plenty of water around that’s for sure. 🤘🍻🔥🇦🇺
Yeah… there is some serious water around at the moment. I haven’t been to Thompson Dam yet, I’ve had a few trips planned but with the troopy off the road I’ve had to point them on the back burner for that region.
But the Dartmouth is pretty spectacular that’s for sure !👌
@@aguyandhistroopy you will have the troopy back before ya know it fella👍
@@chuckberry7692 they’re saying early Oct if all goes well. 🙏🏼
I've seen it twice now in 96 and last Tuesday, Its only an hour from home. Some great places and tracks to explore next time if you get the chance.. We fish the dam and pondage (lake Banimboola) quite often.. Fantastic part of our country.
Definitely a great part of our country. I’ll be back for sure, more so when I have the troopy back on the road. I’d like to go up the back waters of the Dam, I’ve been told you can almost get a boat to Kennedys Hut?
@@aguyandhistroopy yes. Have gotten to Taylor's crossing (old swing bridge) Was too dangerous to go further at the time. That was when the old bridge got damaged . I have pics somewhere!
Good job thanks ❤❤❤❤❤
@@Walizaman514 no problems, I’m always after a good excuse to leave work early. 🤣👍🏼
I was up on that dam wall last Xmas on a highcountry campingtrip..top spot to visit..would be great seeing it overflowing..
Went from there over Mt benambera and camped on Dartmouth at eustance gap before heading over to Tom Groggin..
Keep up the great vids..
Hey Colin, sounds like a great trip. Guessing you’d have some good views of Dartmouth from up on Mt Benambra?
I plan on hitting the area around Tom Groggin to Mt Pinnabar sometime around Xmas time. Looking forward d to it !!
Thanks for watching mate… appreciate it ! 👍🏼
@@aguyandhistroopy ..we did Mt Gibbo track..slid down Mt pinnabar😂..in middle of summer storm and crossed a very deep Murray at Tom Groggin....interesting in a petrol patrol..but the old girl got through...
@@colindoherty5078 that’s the go! Have to love what Mother Nature throws at you! Im
actually ooking at a property up that way on Limestone Rd tomorrow on my way back from Snowy 2.0.
Thanks for your video mate. never been to the dartmouth dam. So, you on the Snowy Hydro two, have you any idea how much of the 27km of tunnels has been bored so far?
Hey Big Red, I’m only a part of the crew building the access roads into Lobs Hole. I know they have completed the main access tunnel which is 2.85ks long, they have started at Tantangra again after being held up for a few months, but I’m pretty sure there only 1k in? and I think they’re moving along ok at the Talbingo end.
Not my area so not to concerned about it to tell the truth!
@@aguyandhistroopy Cheers. I imagine they are trying to get through Granite. When they bored the second tunnel for the Hydro at the Keiwa station, they took out enough granite to Seal the road from Falls creek down to the Mitta Mitta.
I guess there is going to be a fair bit of crushed granite dumped somewhere By the time they finish.
@@bigred8438 the issues they had at Tantangra was soft ground, the TBM sank, couldn’t mover it till they came up with a solution! All the burden is getting pushed around to make pads on site, filling up massive gullies etc, nothing is leaving site.
Let's meet there in 26 years 😉
26 years might be a bit long for this old fella? 🤦🏽😂
@@aguyandhistroopy think POSITIVE! See you maybe next year in Australia...
@@BurningFeetAdventures that’s sounds like a better option! 👍🏼
The noise is unbelievable… in real life. Make the day trip if you can.
I couldn’t agree more, there are a lot of dams overflowing, but this would have to be the pick of them to see!
for you young ones who aint seen wet like we are about to have, as this is just the start of what the indiginous people who lived here when we settled towns claim, long time wet long time dry.
this is not man made climate change, this is australias climate, in the 100 year book of natimuks foundation, in that book it was stated, that the aboriginies stated that fact about the climate.
i am 57, ive seen this wet before back in the 70s, my father who is in his 80s remembers lots of wetlands always had water that have been dry for years.
my grandfather from tooan, told me about always water in abundance, you still get odd draught years, my grandmothers telling me of walking to school in water, shoes strung about their necks to stay dry.
the long dry has been, the next wet cycle has begun, just like those who lived here thousands of years knew as fact.
channel 7 stated we have a once in a 1000 year floods, really? was australia founded 1000 years ago? id like to see the data for that claim.
the sun was out yesterday oh it must be climate change.
oh its raining today it must be climate change.
Couldn’t agree more, commented about it early on post, we are a country of floods and drought.
It’s a media’s way for scaring people, and getting ratings. A storm use to be a storm, now it’s a supercell, east coast low etc. Every flood is pretty much classed as a 1 in 100 year flood only to happen again 5 years later. You only need to go back through the weather data a see this that floods and droughts are apart of our history.
look up 1930s 1956 how wet it was, if the info is still there, dad always talks about 1956s big wet.
this is nothing yet to what we have had in the past.
everyones been sucked into climate change, this is australias climate as it has been for thousands of years, far far before any industry.
sit back and enjoy the ubundace of ducks, yabbies, fish, swans, boy have i seen swans before, thousands on one wetland that didnt have hardly room for the swans room too swim over the whole lake.
pluvers in mobs of 50.
good old days are on the way back.
Couldn’t agree more… we are a land of drought and floods.
It’s all a media beat up, once a storm was a storm, now it’s a super cell, east coast low or what ever tag the media wants to call it.