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There are some hardy souls who do sluice and pan in winter. After all that is usually when Slaty Creek is flowing. Some snow near Creswick and Ballarat yesterday and expected icy blast and more snow tomorrow. Slaty is trickling when I was out there yesterday. I expect it will be flowing a bit...

Madhatter, Hope you went ok today. Would have been a bit windy. Slaty really needs a good flood, flush and reworking of the alluvium. I'll be heading out for a swing tomorrow. Vombat

I was out at Slaty Campgrounds 1 and 2 yesterday. The water is still flowing in Slaty Creek although it has dropped 8-10 inches at least on its flow a month ago. None flowing in Mopoke Gully. Cheers, Vombat

Let's not mention the pine plantations grown on State Forest land leased from the Government and the irreparable damage done to the historical and archaeological record with all the large-scale logging and ripping. Around Creswick the pines are now on second or third or so rotation in areas...

Ah I remember the Hobyas from the early Victorian School Second Grade Reader - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobyahs Killed by the Kilsyth Mothers' Club - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23079351

Hey GG, Was out at Creswick RP from last Monday to last Thursday. Slaty Creek is flowing. Earlier in the week it was an inch or two over the rebuilt ford causeway at Camp 1 although it dropped as the week went on - but was still flowing when I left on Thursday. I expect the anticipated rain in...

Was in the Creswick Regional Park earlier last week. The dumping last weekend had Slaty Creek running for a while but then it was just a few of the deeper puddles - but they were dropping fast as they soaked in (like 10 inches drop in 24 hours). However it has been consistently drizzling and...

Just back from 3 days out in the Creswick Regional Park and State Forest. I can report that the replacement ford/causeway at Campground 1 is now open again after being closed for almost 2 years. :Y:

No worries GG. We are due some rain this weekend but it will take a lot more than what is forecast to get things flowing. The subsurface moisture in Salty Creek is very low - like I had to go down over a metre to get some muddy water in the bottom of one hole this week. 8.(

None of the workers I asked would commit to a completion date. However if they keep at it like over the last week it should not be more than a week or so. I'll be out again early next week and will give an update when I get back on Wednesday.

Was out at Slaty Creek again from Monday to Tuesday. They finished the form and reo work on Monday and poured concrete in the arvo. Started removing some of the formwork late Tuesday. They still have to beach the upstream and downstream sides of the causeway/ford. They have graded and rolled...

Got back from Slaty Creek last night. The causeway rebuild at Campground 1 is coming along with the foundation work done and more than half the formwork set for the main concrete pour. I expect they did the rest of the formwork today. Will see progress when I get out again in a few days. There...

Slaty's been dry as a bone for months now after the last few stink holes dried up. Don't bother detecting the ford works. It's full of blue metal and steel reo. A few weeks ago I got a few colours in one 20l bucket of dirt I panned out. No colours in the second 20l bucket.

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