Drains just visited

For several reasons there are some drains which we don't have much time to visit. Most often this is because we're just passing through or the weather looks like rain. Generally we revisit drains at a later date.

72nd15th November 2000

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This is what I call a boondocks drain. It is in the middle of nowhere. It has a nice new drain mouthon account of the new wetlands being built there, and the golf driving range. The drain entrance is unique, with a huge Gross Polloutant Trap. The drain itself is unexciting. A simple RCP which does get a bit bigger inside. It goes a fair way, but just is not exciting. The best feature of the drain is the GPT.

Donnny15th November 2000

Foch&Beaver1st January 1998

To get into this drain you have to go into the golf course, fortunately there's a public path through it, but this is only available when the golf course is open. Foch and Beaver is a low drain, maybe only 1.6 meters high. The entrance looks very much like the entrance to Coffin. Beware of the steep sides of the side creek it's in. The easiest access to the drain is fairly close to where it goes under the fence. There's all sorts of prickly plants to snag on.

I can't really say that much about this drain, having not been in it.

Flat1st January 1998Rating:

I know very little about this drain. Other than the entrance is a double barrel and is about 20 centimeters deep. The double barrel joins together about 150 meters in and a bit further on there is a big grille in the roof of the drain. This drain is another long one, but once again we visited as we were driving past on a rainy day. By all accounts, it is not very exciting.

Trubbal1st January 1998

The drain is located in Steele Creek right near the freeway where there are a number of underpasses. The drain heads north and is a single RCP (I have a nice out of focus picture of it).

On the only time that I have visited it I had just done 7 other drains on the same day and a bridge room. It was getting very late and I was stuffed so couldn't be bothered taking a look at it.

Mummy1st January 1998Rating:

I've been to this drain three times now and each time the weather has turned bad when I got there, two times it went from a sunny day to bad in less than quarter of an hour. The RCP is right on the river bank and most times there is a bit of water in the bottom of the drain. I suppose it must turn to a mummy tunnel inside.

By all accounts, this is a faily good drain.

Sandown Park 115th November 2000Rating:

This is a very short drain that in all reality is more of an underpass than a drain. It is not all that exciting. It does offer free entry to the Sandown Park race course however, if you don't mind walking through the lake at the other end.

Scotchman's Creek non drains

We have just recently (1997) explored the upstream end of Scotchman's Creek to check for any unlisted drains. We found several, but none were anything more than 1.6 meter RCPs and most are closer to 1 meter pipes. We did come across a short 2 meter pipe under the retarding dam at 70 G-3 with a smaller pipe extending along under the retarding basin it's self. The area around the retarding dam off of Regent St was a sunny spot with an amazing number of kids careening down the side of the dam on skates boards. No Clan stuff visible. Further west at 70 A-5 there's a section of open creek with quite a good flow in it. We were hoping to find a good sized pipe but there was only another tiny RCP.

Veggie15th November 2000

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This seems to be one of those hastily built new drains out in the western suburbs. It smells of cheapness. Basicly it is a simple RCP construction, a few simple slides. Quite boring. But the entrance, now that's something different. Landscaped with natrual rock water baffles.Bloody weird if you ask me.

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