Kaboom! Watching the Cotter Dam expansion

By johnboy 29 April 2010 10

[First filed: Apr 28, 2010 @ 13:14]

ACTEW are proudly announcing that they’re on track to build a viewing platform (and a trail to it) by August so we can go see the huge new structure being built.

But just as nice is the YouTube channel they’re running so we can see the big toys at work.

Nice!

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Kaboom! Watching the Cotter Dam expansion

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Davo111 6:50 am 30 Apr 10

lol, you caught me 😛

Anna Key 9:33 pm 29 Apr 10

troll-sniffer said :

“Ummmm, no it wasn’t mate. There was fly-rock from multiple holes.”

Davo,

So you’d be in the industry in charge of similar work would you, mate?

He’s Kate Carnell in disguise

Davo111 6:33 pm 29 Apr 10

troll-sniffer said :

So you’d be in the industry in charge of similar work would you, mate?

i work in the mining industry, yes and i have done some explosives training. But no i’m not an explosives expert, but i do know what fly rock is.

troll-sniffer 9:49 am 29 Apr 10

“Ummmm, no it wasn’t mate. There was fly-rock from multiple holes.”

Davo,

So you’d be in the industry in charge of similar work would you, mate?

Thumper 8:04 am 29 Apr 10

Dunno about anyone else, but I reckon a huge new dam is going to be seriously cool.

Davo111 9:37 pm 28 Apr 10

voiceover – “That was really, really well controlled”

Ummmm, no it wasn’t mate. There was fly-rock from multiple holes.

krats 8:02 pm 28 Apr 10

My previous wife said the same thing…

Mr Evil 6:53 pm 28 Apr 10

caf said :

There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom?

The earth-shaterring kaboom was removed from the footage as it was found to cause undue stress and trauma to the lesser known Earless Lizard.

Fisho 6:20 pm 28 Apr 10

You can see a fair bit from the road, there’s a viewing area not far from the cotter… definitely worth a look.

Urriara x-ing, rightish fairlight road (becomes loose metal), (left at the end), right at the end of that (now sealed), left towards cotter, stop just before the cotter (viewing area is on a blind left hand bend, watch for traffic), picnic/fish/swim/kayak at Causarina on the way through….then back via Cotter rd.

Or just cycle it like half of Canberra seems to do. Note there were signs advertising a road race or something this weekend so there are likely to be delays/road closures.