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Dredging in Australia for recreational activities IS illegal..
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<blockquote data-quote="aushunter" data-source="post: 73606" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Dredges in the USA don't count here.</p><p>And using a water jet I would imagine would be 10 times worse off for the environment than dredging, so you could say you could be in a lot of strife there too.</p><p>I used to dredge in the legal years and stuck too the river coarse but others when they got onto a nice rich run that went into the bank just couldn't help themselves.</p><p>Erosion by undermining but then again when a river or gully do a banker in flood time it could change the coarse of the whole water coarse.</p><p>In regards to the fish, we had heaps of fish hanging out at the rear end of the dredge picking up bits and pieces of tucker and even had the occasional Platypus having a look too.</p><p>As for spoil tailings the 4 inch machine I had didn't create hardly one at all. But now they are all gone, only got a 2.5'' powerjet and the header box.</p><p>If it where to be made legal again I reckon a size of a maximum intake should be of 4 inches, registered, and have only limited areas to work the gravels.</p><p>4 inch dredges really wasn't that bad compared to a 6'' or 8'' machine, now they can move some serious dirt.</p><p>If it where legal again I would certainly get back into it but in saying that, laws are laws so stick with them.</p><p>Cheers</p><p>Brad...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aushunter, post: 73606, member: 195"] Dredges in the USA don't count here. And using a water jet I would imagine would be 10 times worse off for the environment than dredging, so you could say you could be in a lot of strife there too. I used to dredge in the legal years and stuck too the river coarse but others when they got onto a nice rich run that went into the bank just couldn't help themselves. Erosion by undermining but then again when a river or gully do a banker in flood time it could change the coarse of the whole water coarse. In regards to the fish, we had heaps of fish hanging out at the rear end of the dredge picking up bits and pieces of tucker and even had the occasional Platypus having a look too. As for spoil tailings the 4 inch machine I had didn't create hardly one at all. But now they are all gone, only got a 2.5'' powerjet and the header box. If it where to be made legal again I reckon a size of a maximum intake should be of 4 inches, registered, and have only limited areas to work the gravels. 4 inch dredges really wasn't that bad compared to a 6'' or 8'' machine, now they can move some serious dirt. If it where legal again I would certainly get back into it but in saying that, laws are laws so stick with them. Cheers Brad... [/QUOTE]
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