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Land features and insect bites Castlemaine Vic
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<blockquote data-quote="mbasko" data-source="post: 662148" data-attributes="member: 4485"><p>I've seen some around here that I've got no doubt had a dual purpose.</p><p>Not water races as such but water trenches/contours to, as you say, help keep water away from lower diggings. </p><p>The ones I looked at appeared as though they would have diverted to an upper level of a heavily worked gully so IMO also used the main gully to collect water in waterholes &/or allow the water to run away, with a bit of control from the steep uphill slope (from heavier downpours) rather than letting it all run down thru diggings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbasko, post: 662148, member: 4485"] I've seen some around here that I've got no doubt had a dual purpose. Not water races as such but water trenches/contours to, as you say, help keep water away from lower diggings. The ones I looked at appeared as though they would have diverted to an upper level of a heavily worked gully so IMO also used the main gully to collect water in waterholes &/or allow the water to run away, with a bit of control from the steep uphill slope (from heavier downpours) rather than letting it all run down thru diggings. [/QUOTE]
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