Awoonga- the count down.

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with the 78mm of rain out at the dam in the last hour.  i would say tomorrow sometime she will be over (wont take long). 

keen to see it...

cheers
kurt

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with the 78mm of rain out at the dam in the last hour.  i would say tomorrow sometime she will be over (wont take long). 

keen to see it...

cheers
kurt

Bloody hell....

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Been a while since the Boyne has seen a flush like it's going to get soon.
Five days on the Boyne & Awonga are my plan for the new year, might have to check the leader on the whiting rod

Cheers Andrew

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...the tide is high and I'm holding on   (Blondie)

Sat  Dec 11     1740Zulu

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ok.... time to set the polls for the witching hour for the dam....  im going to say 2pm tomorrow morning, remember i can call for opening the valves on demand.   

cheers
kurt

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  anyone from the rockhampton area?  keen to see some pics from the barrage in the next couple of days.

cheers
kurt

G'day Kurt

A few snaps of The Mighty Fitzroy River for ya mate (as at 5pm Sat 11/12/10). Still got about a meter to go yet............. at least.

Barrage Area










Riverside Park, Quay Street









The new boat ramp & Pontoon, Quay Street



I'll get some better photos on Monday as it reaches its peak.

Cheers
Jono

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Bracey,
The Christmas lead-up and the weather from the last month or so has quietened the client and angler numbers at the lake in the last two weeks. Yesterdays charter resulted in more timid strikes than fully commited fish, but eventually we made a few fish make mistakes and strike rather than just look. The trip before that scored a couple around 100cm and the trip before that about the same. 95cm, 105cm type class. The trip before that we landed just one with another breaking the leader loop knot, boatside. The new water rise is good in my train of thought. I have some plans.

 If anyone is interested, now would be a good time to come- why, because every lead up to Christmas leaves a car park and caravan park empty- the lake to yourself.
Johnny

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the first time the dam wall on the boyne side has ever been wet at the new dam hieght as of 12:30pm.

cheers
kh

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Do they close awonga and monduran to recreational use when they are in flood. Would be a bugger to drive all that way only to find it closed to fishing

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at this stage the dam will be on watch, as we will be closing the boat ramp and the white pearly gates if the flow rates become a danger to the public.  as it stands i will be keeping the ramp access available until further assessment of debris and other obstacles.  to all members wishing to venture out there, please dont hammer up the dam flat biscuit and keep well clear of the dam wall boundaries.

cheers
kut

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ok.... time to set the polls for the witching hour for the dam....  im going to say 2pm tomorrow morning, remember i can call for opening the valves on demand.   

cheers
kurt

Kurt, I'm sure even you couldn't make it happen at 2.00pm tomorrow morning.  2.00am in the morning I could believe.

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dale
2pm is what i meant.  little off, but not too much.  been long days.

cheers
kurt

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Just after the flow started . And as the sun sets on the ramp. A day in history has been created

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Is the GAWB going to let water out like the SEQ dams are doing?

There is going to be plenty more rain over the summer for a top up or 2.

15 years worth of stocking could take a fair hit if they don't release any water.

Cheers Lyndon.

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I doubt any water release could equal the rates of inflow. Nature holds the remote control.

Here's another sneaky one-
Kolan R at Fred Haigh Dam Hw *  6.00am Mon -0.45  steady  0.45 below spillway  (Monduran).
The next few weeks will be interesting.
Johnny