RV FEATURE DAY 11
TUMUT
Today’ s adventures were a trip to Talbingo and the Tumit 3 power station about 40 minutes out of Tumut and Adelong Falls Gold Mining Ruins. Travelling along the Snowy Mountain Highway, we passed Blowering Dam and Talbingo to arrive at Tumut 3 Power Station. Construction began in 1968. Tumut 3 is the largest power station in the Snowy Scheme and its pipes had to be made onsite as they were too large to bring in by truck.
To allow for water pressure, the pipe’ s steel is 19mm thick at the top and increases to 30mm at the power station. Each pipe is 488m long and 5.6m in diameter. Amazing to see.
Tumut 3 Power Station.
From the power station, we travelled to Talbingo Dam, water storage for Tumut 3. We stopped for pictures on the dam wall before arriving at the boat ramp. We headed back to Talbingo for a look around. The town was a construction camp during construction of Tumut 3 and now a holiday destination for those who like fishing.
Heading back to Tumut, we stopped at Blowering Dam. As the dam was low, we were able to drive down onto the dam and water’ s edge that provided great views of the dam wall. We then went to Adelong Falls Gold Mining Ruins. Gold mining in Adelong Creek took place around the 1870s. The Reefer Battery ore crushing mill on the creek could be easily seen from the viewing area.
The site has a great undercover picnic area where we had lunch before heading back to camp. This being our last day of the tagalong trip, we decided to have pizza. It was a great way to end our trip – great company, a warm evening and fantastic food.
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