Posts Tagged flood
Too much rain foils angler’s best plans
Posted by Cameron in Personal, Photography, Video on February 1st, 2010
I was asked to photograph the first day of the barramundi season today so I thought I could make a great pic at Townsville’s Aplins Weir where there would normally have been up to 100 fisherman there to celebrate the opening of the season. The recent rains would normally have provided a perfect start to the season as plenty of food was swept down rivers and streams to the waiting barra. The problem however – the dam spill gates had to be opened and therefore instead of a gentle flow, we got 100,000 litres a second over the dam wall.
So, all I ended up shooting was a handful of pics that I got a bit carried way with in Lightroom and a video to show you what the flow was like. [Skip past the gallery for the video]
Touring the north with the GG
Posted by Cameron in Newspaper, Photography on February 15th, 2009
Spent the day yesterday with the Governer General flitting around north Queensland in a Blackhawk for Australia’s NewsLtd sunday papers. Good fun but damn it was hot and humid! [click the pic to view fullsize]
Aplins Weir stars again!
Posted by Cameron in Newspaper, Photography on February 4th, 2009
Ok, so maybe I’m a bit lazy but no-one has seen water like this flowing OVER the weir footbridge! Glendale Drive in Annandale got a show too! [click the pic to view fullsize]
Aplins Weir is a star
Posted by Cameron in Newspaper, Photography on February 3rd, 2009
Heavy rainfall has hit Townsville hard over the past couple of days, this image I took of Townsville’s Aplins Weir was chosen by The Courier-Mail to reflect the region’s weather. [click the pic to view fullsize]
Burdekin Falls Dam in full flow
Posted by Cameron in Uncategorized on January 15th, 2008
Couldn’t quite get to the Burdekin Dam today either by road or air due to a massive low that hung around the area most of the day. The kind folks at Sunwater were kind enough to shoot some pics of the flow. The dam is currently holding well over 100% of capacity and is reported to be dripping 80,000,000,000 litres (80 thousand megalitres) of water a day over the wall!
See all my flood pics at http://www.cameronlaird.com/gallery/4170198
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