Are you allowed to dig in the river/creek banks in nsw

[Snowy_mountians]

Just wondering what the rules are in nsw for digging into the banks of river/ creeks?

 

[Jaros]

Simply NO.

 

[Snowy_mountians]

Ok thats what I thought seen a guy doing it yesterday said to him that isnt allowed and he told me the rules got changed lol

 

[aussiefarmer]

Wombats can humans cant.

 

[CreviceSucker]

It depends what he was digging.

I was digging in a huge gravel bar once . A person accused me of breaking the law until I pointed out the river banks were 40 metres apart and roughly parallel to the undulating gravel bar I was digging into.

If you had a negative visual acuity it may have looked like a riverbank unless you took a bigger view and looked past the scrub growing on it

 

[mudgee hunter]

Hmmm, I can't recall the true definition of the "bank"?
Who's got that info?
Of where it is defined as finishing....

 

[Swinging & digging]

I would say its the low water level of an active stream, i think USA based regulations stipulate this.
A bit unclear in Australian regulations, i have found locations were ugly scars remain on the stream banks were
prospectors have dug into them, one i know of was done over 25 years ago. 8.(