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Russell Falls - pumping!
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Russell Falls - pumping!
by tastrax » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 4:03 pm
A quick shot from a PWS staff member at Mt Field
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by seashell » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 4:58 pm
If thats what Russell Falls is at present, i wonder what Horseshoe Falls would be like?
If the weather clears up a bit might have to take a drive out there soon.
If the weather clears up a bit might have to take a drive out there soon.
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by north-north-west » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 6:55 pm
Blooming 'ell!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has it been raining non-stop since I left?
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by seashell » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 6:57 pm
scavenger wrote:Blooming 'ell!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has it been raining non-stop since I left?
Pretty much
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by tastrax » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 7:37 pm
I suspect its snowing at Mt Field at the moment and bad weather forecast all week - it will probably pump like this for a few days!
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by GerryDuke » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 10:48 pm
Needed to go to Smithon last week. Here are a couple more landmarks in full flow!!
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by Crum » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 11:21 pm
Certainly a lot of water in all those pics. Dip Falls is hardly recognisable
I took this one at Cethana a couple of weeks back and got absolutely saturated
I took this one at Cethana a couple of weeks back and got absolutely saturated
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by north-north-west » Mon 31 Aug, 2009 11:32 pm
How did you manage to keep the camera dry?
"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by Mickeymoo » Tue 01 Sep, 2009 8:26 am
Great photos, great to see the falls with so much water coming over them.
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by bcshort » Tue 01 Sep, 2009 5:05 pm
Ahh Gerry,
That picture of Devils gate dam brings back childhood memories. Friend of the Family used to live in the first house on the lake side of the Devil Gate Road as you drove down to the dam. I remember the days of picking mushrooms, riding my BMX up and down the road to the power station and back, and generally having a great time.
I'm glad to see you got that view of the Dam. Someone had recently told me that they had fenced off & gated the road to the power station at the information point by the top of the inlet there. To have taken this photo, that certainly would not have been the case.
That picture of Devils gate dam brings back childhood memories. Friend of the Family used to live in the first house on the lake side of the Devil Gate Road as you drove down to the dam. I remember the days of picking mushrooms, riding my BMX up and down the road to the power station and back, and generally having a great time.
I'm glad to see you got that view of the Dam. Someone had recently told me that they had fenced off & gated the road to the power station at the information point by the top of the inlet there. To have taken this photo, that certainly would not have been the case.
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by Crum » Tue 01 Sep, 2009 5:47 pm
They have put another gate that you can walk past in further up the road where that picnic looking area and carpark is. You used to be able to drive right down to the dam where theres another gate before the road starts to slope down the hill. Bit stupid in my opinion
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by Steve » Sun 06 Sep, 2009 12:25 pm
tastrax wrote:A quick shot from a PWS staff member at Mt Field
Wow, thats stinkin awesome! 
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by seashell » Sun 06 Sep, 2009 6:41 pm
Had to go out to Mt Field after seeing the photo in the OP. Both Russell & Horseshoe Falls were fuller than i've ever seen either of them.
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by Ent » Sun 06 Sep, 2009 6:48 pm
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by tastrax » Sun 06 Sep, 2009 7:04 pm
Now thats a nice shot...from the new platform?
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Re: Russell Falls - pumping!
by seashell » Sun 06 Sep, 2009 9:40 pm
Yes it is from the new platform... no more mud!
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