Old Bridge
Another shot following on from my post yesterday Officially Empty of the Craigbourne Dam being declared empty. This bridge was formely well under the water but now thanks to the water level dropping to empty the old bridge came out of the depths, kind of like Excalibur only a bridge instead so i guess i can’t be king. The planks are all gone so there is just the beams of the bridge left. I did the balancing act over and back, and i was worrying that despite the beams being thick perhaps years of water would have rotted them and i was going to fall into the water. But i didn’t!
One thing that i forgot to mention in case a local reader decides to visit, do not drive even remotely close to the edge as while it is dry on the surface, you will get bogged.
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3 Comments on Old Bridge
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Jilly on
Sun, 25th Jan 2009 11:25 pm
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Abraham Lincoln on
Mon, 26th Jan 2009 2:17 am
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Greg on
Tue, 27th Jan 2009 11:01 pm
Two incredible photographs. Both so beautiful but goodness, sad to know the damn is now officially empty. That old bridge is incredible.
We had a whole town put under water about 40 years ago. There was a nursery there and my neighbor and I went down to buy some items that would son be under water. I still have one of those items and have used it to reproduce the plant many times. I wonder,sometimes, how those houses, stores,streets and shops all look now.
Jilly – it is sad indeed especially with so many farmers relying on its water for their irrigation and livelyhood
Abraham – I wonder too how it would be. I was suprised to see how well preserved the bridge was and also the original watercourses. In Tasmania we have Lake Pedder whose damming gave birth to the conservation movement in Australia as it’s watershed. The idea is regularly suggested that the dam should be removed and this area in the photo shows that the original area under the water could well be preserved.
