| Show BURRIN burrinjuck JUCK DAM one of the irrigation marvels of the world situated 26 ml alleq fromm from goondah a mill mall I 1 town on the main southern railway a and n me readied led by one ot of th the moat met od miniature 1 tj m bialo ava 1 australia 1 la dam the source of the ill water supply play of the it irrigation arm areas th the ot of ell pre pm seat ent a scene emma of wild and vergill grand brandaur Bran dur or and as aa the train approaches approach the screw in glimpse are am caught of the great intend inland ew am indeed in it a veritable a sen for all the navies of the til world could lie on its bosom and then bosom there them would room to an spare re far or the mercantile mrm nine marine in as well all the biggest wa ver eer built could ride at anchor at boulard cam and ad there that would world till be a hundred feet of water star under her keel keal A couple ot of years ago go here and there could be seen the dying tops of giant gum gain trues trees which had fri fringed mu ged the mure course of the two imo riv ers erg hut but they bee long state since gone game nn mr der and ad smart art motor ter boats basin kan the surface many feet feat above the submerged fro trunks k also allo al so a number of homs teada which 1 la th the lonea bamo bomo valleys ile are likewise burled buried fath own oms deep their dispossessed owners were welt well compensated by the state and the little homesteads had to go in order tint a score or two of 0 hold holdings holdmeir mir might emerge on the cherina Rl vertna plains the ill do dam ranka it fourth among 1114 the great irrig irrigation achievements of the world lorld the formation nt at the site of the if artam I 1 is a fine grained held hard red granite and on either side of the dam the hills rise steeply to a height at 0 2 2000 feet at beat about a mile it aboe b th the dam the lie gorge opens out into info a largo large basin which formerly lelnd lel included dd the junction of the and mur biag e river hirers when the dam Is full the area of this portion of the storage will be about 3 met acres with a depth of water over a large JARS portion petition of fro from IN to feet above this basin the rivers again enter the hills opening out oat into smaller areas ot of submerged flats data here hem and there which will still further in crease the area of the storage some IS 13 miles above the dam the yass saga river falls into the general storage water will be eventually ventu ally held up the Y tass billec R raver to W 22 miles up p the river to 15 miles and up me muran burrum bulges river to 43 WW ahone we 9 the Eer Ber embed division weir Is situated it led miles by river below bur dart dam here the sater Is ia it U varied train from the river into the main canal ever eventually t us y the me main canal will a extend are n it to bout about miles it from B barem mm bill bed at present it terminates near griffith about 80 90 miles from the tha Ber embed takeoff to yemen yanco where the he canal net p practically lot enberg the fine are area the me di distance stence from Ber embed weir 1 Is 45 miles th the estimated ca capacity parity of the flam dam Is in 33 ez cubic feet fact or 77 sec acre feet fee the full fall supply Is level vel will be at R L 1180 shin aboe 8 nater mater spring lid tleta idoy or feet above babe the invert of the drain off pipes pipe in the course coure of a year or so but bur aija nill ill mom come let into its own as a one or of the most attractive re morts tor far pleasure and recreation in the brute tor ter the ast utilitarian undertaking reposed amidst most picturesque ul eur cound rounding barl and fishing boating swimming ing shooting will ul offer after considerable consider ahle attraction to the ilia t tourist tilt and ad holiday maker who ho wishes to make maka a trip miles 11 inland friend from sd sidney whoa when the tall fall to Is completed it will h hold old we more a water thim sidney harbor and ad it its calls baas and valleys mill be jut just as numerous while the surrounding country it ts is more rugged and inspiring lhnn that winch hur surrounds rounds port jack son T there manum among the those boup and ad formidable mountains to a height of feet the dam backs the water 43 42 mile atles the ruling green grade 1 Is only 5 feet fast per mile illon from the dam to tanco the great grant irrigation model of f N new sea south I 1 h wales am via the water vote rom route u in 1 Is malea W anil and the fall of the who whole of th that t total distance I 1 la only bout about wit feet a showing flowing how the low grade enables the those a wears arena si 10 fw far distant from the supply to be watered material entirely by gravitation ilia terms farms allotted and available liable for or disposal on an the irra tie arion re of varying ing it sizes and ad of van n ing quality modify with the result that beat tha lines of industry followed by the settlers over cover ft W wide a range age the there are farms of from 2 to acres in extent and the chief indus trim carried on am are am dairying which to in am many cases 8 la is emaciated associated with ith pig raising 11 gense fruit growing viticulture and vegetable gro growing ing the ilia usual variety of fruits grown under irrigation cound conditions iti I 1 in other we parts of at the world are ant being produced produce A OR on the irrigator irrigation areas A and the lagra t I 1 faun band to awful object lesson available tor far the instruction of settlers nett sett lers lecal la jhb th grew growth ill of these theme fruits and ad although ia the settlement us la still you young phenomenal crops of apricots peaches citrus fruits and nd grop gropes a no have hem been obtained by the tha settlers ettler on an rho th various arlou so suitable tor ter til the pt udale tie alon of each of the these hadam ad adv |
