NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA
Rocky
Bend
is a location which few of those who have come out on the Baptist Church
Wednesday fossicking trips would ever have heard of. In fact, the last time we
went there was in April 2007. The main problem was the distance we needed to
walk from our cars. At Minerama that year it had been possible to get there in
4 WD vehicles but the track was basically non-existent and in any case
conditions were drier than normal that year and we always had other good
locations elsewhere on Yarrow Creek.
Readers need to be reminded that this is all
private property.
The site is about a 15 minute walk downstream from
the Yarrow Creek bridge on the Mt Slow road. There is no gate. Keep to the left
bank because the property boundary basically follows the creek. About 100
metres below the bridge the water is backed up by rocks at Rocky Bend so
basically the creek is one continuous pool from there down. It’s my belief that
the creek formerly flowed on the other side of a rocky ridge from near the
bridge, but as that is on a different property this hypothesis is yet to be
checked out.
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| Minerama 2007 find |
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| A group effort at Minerama 2007 |
The main dig at Minerama 2007 was where the stream
channel is choked with sand up against a large rock outcrop. Digging revealed
lots of gravel, frequently embedded in white clay, and rich in black jack and
gem stones. Keeping the sand out of the underwater hole is the main problem.
There is a lot of good potential along this stretch of the creek.
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| My finds from the Minerama 2007 day |
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