As some of you may recall, in April last year I visited Googong Dam and took a whole heap of photos as the start of a new series of photos of Canberra’s Dams, but didn’t publish them at the time. I did upload them to the photo gallery but didn’t get around to captioning them…well I have now finally gotten around the captioning them, and as such they are now publicly available [1].
Some highlights from the 45 photos.
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Googong Dam information sign at wallside carpark
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The dam, as seen from the dam-side carpark
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The top of the dam wall. It’s great that the camera’s lens fits though the wire fence.
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An older “no entry” sign. Funny that it’s from the ACT Conservation Service considering that the Dam is in New South Wales, and has only recently come under ACT Government control.
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The dam from the other side of the dam wall. It’s a slight hike up some fire trails to get to this side of the dam.
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Queanbeyan River flowing through the rocks as seen from the cascades.
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The right side of the dam wall as seen from the base of the “dry” side, plus what appears to be a door in the wall, and the pumping system feeding the environmental flow in to the Queanbeyan River. There is a powerline running from the substation near the pumping station to this pump. When I walked back from here, I noticed a sign saying that the path to the wall is not open for public access…oops!
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The Googong Dam substation. It’s amusing that the dam is run by ACT water/electricity/gas utility ActewAGL, and yet the substation is run by Country Energy.
More photos of Googong Dam are up on the photo gallery at http://photos.samuelgordonstewart.com/GoogongDam20080426 [1].
Samuel