Bendora - Finally!!
Today I took my poor little laser out on the crazy rock roads to Bendora Dam!! (Not much dirt - much has been washed away recently - they were even regrading chunks of it). So averaged probably 40km/h on most of it.
First stop was at Piccadilly Circus to photograph the signs, and some flutterbys
Then onto the dam.
The dam is still full to overflowing.
Saw a cool bird. Possibly an Australian Kestrel.
Edit: according to Chris it's a young Osprey
Walked down to try and get a view of the front of the dam. Climbed on a concrete pedestal to get a view over the fence.
Then continued wandering down the road.
Past some of the water pipes. Some of our drinking water goes through this.
Further down there's a little causeway that was overflowing.
Went back up the hill and found a stairway under the bridge downstream from the river that went down to the river.
Found a skink that had lost its tail recently.
And an unobstructed view of the dam. This place would have been flooded last month when all five spillways were spilling.
Stopped there for something to eat, and several lizards came out to investigate.
My car struggled somewhat getting back to the top of the ridge between the ACT and NSW, but it made it.
Stopped at the old arboretum at the top of the hill.
And when there was a view of Canberra
And at Cotter Dam
And the Cotter River (which was at much more normal levels than the last time I was there)
Phewf!! 177km later! 3782m ascent, 3286m decent (odd, since I started and finished at home). Probably won't get out there again any time soon!
Ah yes - I went up there last week in the fire truck, it was a bit rough in spots!
January 29, 2011 10:59 PMThe cool bird is a young osprey actually.. :-)
And that's a good shot of it.
January 31, 2011 5:28 PMahh cool! :)
February 1, 2011 10:00 AMThat's actual pixels, so won't be making posters any time soon ;)