Posts Tagged water
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]
Creative labelling at its best!
Posted by Cameron in Just for Laughs on April 29th, 2009
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 Dam in full flow
Posted by Cameron in Photography on July 2nd, 2007
Yesterday I went for a drive out to the Burdekin Falls Dam to photograph its current level over the spillway for The Courier-Mail newspaper. Although it was only flowing about one metre over the spillway it was still pretty amazing. The Burdekin Dam is Australia’s second largest dam behind the Warragamba Dam and holds 1.86 million megalitres. It is currently holding 108% of capacity and is well worth a visit when flowing!
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