Tumut River kayak trip video is taken from the Snowy mountain Highway bridge to the Tumut Race course. Duration of the trip was about 3 hours with several stops along the way for short breaks, photographs and refreshments.
Tumut river kayak trip with photos and video clips
Blowering Dam Blowering Dam is located in New South Wales Location and features “Commenced in 1964, completed in 1968, and upgraded in 2010, the Blowering Dam is a major ungated dam, located approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of Tumut.
The dam was built by consortium including Morrison, Knudsen, Utah and Mcdonald on behalf of the New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation for town water supplies, river flows and domestic requirements, irrigated agriculture, industry, flood mitigation and environmental flows.
Together with releases from Burrinjuck Dam, on the Murrumbidgee River, Blowering Dam also provides a regulated flow of water for the Coleambally and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas.”
Blowering Dam
“Location of the Blowering Dam in New South Wales Country Australia. Location Snowy Mountains, New South Wales Coordinates 35°24′05″S 148°14′52″E Status Operational Construction began 1964 Opening date 1968 Owner(s) State Water Corporation Dam and spillways Type of dam Embankment dam Impounds Tumut River:
- Height 114 metres (374 ft)
- Length 747 metres (2,451 ft)
- Dam volume 8,563 cubic metres (302,400 cu ft)
- Spillways 1 Spillway type Concrete chute Spillway capacity 2,350 cubic metres per second (83,000 cu ft/s)
- Reservoir Creates Blowering Reservoir Total capacity 1,628 gigalitres (5.75×1010 cu ft)
- Catchment area 1,606 square kilometres (620 sq mi)
- Surface area 44.6 square kilometres (17.2 sq mi)
- Maximum water depth 91 metres (299 ft)
Power Station Operator(s) Snowy Hydro Commission date 1969 Hydraulic head 86.6 metres (284 ft) Turbines 1 Installed capacity 80 megawatts (110,000 hp)” Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloweri…