How much water is accoss the Innamincka Causeway
Submitted: Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:12
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Member - GREENDOG
Can some one give me a recent up date on the causeway,as i have a mate wanting to get up there soon.thanks GREENDOG
Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:29
Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:29
Hi Pete
I was asking the very same question on Friday to a local from here who works up at Moomba and he said that the causeway has no water over it - seems very hard to believe after all that water down on the
Birdsville Track. I have nearly finished to blog, so you will have to have a look when finished.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - GREENDOG - Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:32
Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:32
Thanks mate ,yeah hard to believe all right,looking forward to your blog.cheers GD
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncs - Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:34
Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:34
I don't think it is that hard to believe. It is a lot of river
miles from
Innamincka to the
Birdsville Track.
A lot of my friends think
Broken Hill and
Bourke are right next to each other but they are not. Many of those same friends can't believe it is nearly 1500km from
Darwin to Alice, or that it is twice as far from
Brisbane to
Weipa as it is from
Brisbane to
Sydney.
The Outback is big, and distances by slow flowing river are many times greater than road distances. Yes there is a lot of water out there at the moment but there is a lot of land for it to move around on.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 13:48
Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 13:48
Hi Duncs
I am
well and truly aware of the distances between the two
places and have been to both locations a good number of times. The point that I was referring to was at its peak, it was 9 metres over the causeway and now there is nothing. The Cooper at the moment is not slow moving and is moving quite quick at the ferry site.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 23, 2010 at 16:14
Wednesday, Jun 23, 2010 at 16:14
Gday Duncs,
Its not so much the river
miles, but the number of lakes that get filled along the way - particularly
Lake Hope.
Cheers
Phil
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Reply By: madcow - Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:11
Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 09:11
Just had freinds come back from that way last week and no issues with the crossing.
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Reply By: bockstar1 - Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:44