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Found this on the lerderderg
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casper said:
I wonder how many read the story and headed out...
Interesting read !
How much of the story is based on fact opposed to the writers need to make this story into the paper.
More than one area of concern here. Rain washing away piles of gravel !
Correct me if I'm wrong
How much of the story is based on fact opposed to the writers need to make this story into the paper.
More than one area of concern here. Rain washing away piles of gravel !
Correct me if I'm wrong
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Poor bugga, he probably thought he was on a winner too, wondered why he was the only one ever there ,... soo much quietness and isolation, buckets of gold getting hauled out of the wilderness (not that he's tellin), just had to share his story ,... wondering still if he's the only prospector left in the world as he drags his poor suffering back (and bulky equipment) back in through the bush, to pull another 12 hr shift(just like the old boys did) to bring home the bacon, shaking his head at the apathy of the world wondering himself why the droves of unemployed arn't joining by his side as in the rushes of the days of yore ,.... yet still, in the bliss of ignorance his daily chore kicks on.
The quiet and the solitude continue by the babble of the creek, with the bush sounds there to greet him, as he wonders in his mind, of the rush that didn't come, even though the papers called it loud n true ,.... a digger digs alone now, in a startled rush of one on a lonely mountain creek in the south of our great land, his wilderness is taming as he works his favoured spot, the only one to do so, and of it all hes got the lot.
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The quiet and the solitude continue by the babble of the creek, with the bush sounds there to greet him, as he wonders in his mind, of the rush that didn't come, even though the papers called it loud n true ,.... a digger digs alone now, in a startled rush of one on a lonely mountain creek in the south of our great land, his wilderness is taming as he works his favoured spot, the only one to do so, and of it all hes got the lot.
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Silver, you paint such a beautiful picture with your prose.. Keep up the good work.
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Potbelly11 said:
Thanks for that list-will be helpful to others.
Teemore
One foot out the door
Always thought the Lederderg was on the Exempted List of rivers and streams/creeks meaning prospecting is banned there.
Then again what do I know ?????
Cheers Tom
OOPs, just saw that the list was posted and yes, still seems to be on the 'banned' list .... naughty prospector.
Then again what do I know ?????
Cheers Tom
OOPs, just saw that the list was posted and yes, still seems to be on the 'banned' list .... naughty prospector.
ken2m
Ken
Last time I saw that list it only had 5 rivers and some rivers also had tributuries on it. It was round about the same time my dredge was built. Leagally run once prior to being banned. Late 70s from memory. Heaps of work lots of dollars wasted and to top it off no gold. Bugger. Ken.
Funny that actually i had a writer approach me and a mate nick whilst panning from the age in hepburn. They wanted us to get some friends down and make out like there was a rush on and they would pay us for the story. I told my mate then i dont want every man and his dog knowing where i get my gold...
There was a section of the lerderdeg opened up 2 years back. Panning and detecting only ive seen some holes dug there. Guess hes not alone.
There was a section of the lerderdeg opened up 2 years back. Panning and detecting only ive seen some holes dug there. Guess hes not alone.
The earliest exempted list I have found was published in 1875.
The 1875 then 1877 gazette list also states "and their tributaries" of the rivers on the list. The Lerderdeg is on both these lists.
By 1881 the list as we know it today had increased.
Pg 138 in the link below
http://www.southwestnrm.org.au/site...ds/ihub/victorias-water-frontage-reserves.pdf
A good read that lists lots of river systems, their creeks naming their parent rivers. Scroll down to 157
Cheers
The 1875 then 1877 gazette list also states "and their tributaries" of the rivers on the list. The Lerderdeg is on both these lists.
By 1881 the list as we know it today had increased.
Pg 138 in the link below
http://www.southwestnrm.org.au/site...ds/ihub/victorias-water-frontage-reserves.pdf
A good read that lists lots of river systems, their creeks naming their parent rivers. Scroll down to 157
Cheers
more recently there was a new proposed area to be released for panning and detecting, i'm not sure if it went ahead or not this do is for information only
sorry the pdf is too large to load the file here you will have follow the link:
www.veac.vic.gov.au/documents/VEAC_Prospecting%20_Maps_B-G.pdf
sorry the pdf is too large to load the file here you will have follow the link:
www.veac.vic.gov.au/documents/VEAC_Prospecting%20_Maps_B-G.pdf
G0lddigg@ said:
It's been kept very quiet is it did go ahead - I remember that the state government changed that year. The PMAV would know for sure, I've been a memberfrom that time to now and recall nothing being announced.
casper
It was approved as a test location mate i recall meeting several pmav members out there walking the new ground. 12 month trial was the terms from memory got me buggered if its still open or not. I wasnt that excited about the gold in the creeks its some deep ground
It is/was open but not for the last 4 years and dont know if it still is open.
Grey needs to become black and white. The pissy info they provide may be an effort to deter prospecting
Grey needs to become black and white. The pissy info they provide may be an effort to deter prospecting
thanks G0lddigg@ - since reading your post i vaguely remember talk of the Lerderderg trial and in turn i being curious as to the value and intent of the trial when you consider that prospecting has been long been allowed in a select number State Parks a notable one being Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park that everyone would know as the popular Eldorado / Reedy Creek....
casper
casper
PS: ditto your comment about deep ground - on the weekend I was viewing online a very early surveyors map of the Blackwood and Golden Point diggings and the surveyor noted the depth of the stripping to get to the washdirt and it wasn't shovel depth :| i recall 25 feet in places not really recreational prospecting ground eh!
casper
not really recreational prospecting ground eh!casper
