Niagara dam

Back down the road from the Grand hotel we decided to camp for a few days @ Niagara dam. It was built to supply water for the townships in the area & also the steam trains. It took 1 year to build @ cost of 42,000 pounds in 1897. It had only been completed a short time when underground water was found @ Kookynie & it was never used. It certainly makes a fantastic free camp site these days.

Jan on dam wall.

Bob ready to hit the trail & do the "Round the dam walk"

Read a sign that said there were "Yabbies" in dam. Bob decided to try his luck. I guess yabbies don't like old snags........still waiting for a feed !!!

View from top of the breakaway.

Fenceline

Gate to nowhere !!!!!!!!!! way out east!!!!!!!

These lovely pink wildflowers where everywhere, really delicate


Think Bob has got GOLD FEVER, looking at every piece of quartz, just hoping to find a bit of the magic yellow stuff!!!!!!!!


Amazing ant nest

Debris trap to stop all the stuff that gets washed down the river when they do get rain

Bob enjoying the sunset over the dam

Bob climbing through the debris trap