Those of my age will remember Adaminaby as the town that was moved because it would be flooded by Lake Eucumbene. And so a new town was built, out of harm's way, on the Snowy Mountains Highway. However, maps still showed "Old Adaminaby", which seemed interesting, so I decided it was worth a visit.
Well, it turns out only part of Adaminaby was moved. Indeed, one of the original churches is still located in its original position, high and dry after 40 years of "flooding".
The view at the top of the boat ramp, above the maximum level of Lake Eucumbene. The two photos below show both the left and right hand sections of this area.
The left view of the above photo. This is a pontoon, which presumably is normally afloat, allowing boaters' passengers to enter or exit their boats more conveniently.
Well past the end of the cement boat launching ramp, and to the right hand side of the photo two above. The cars are parked amidst the old Adaminaby township.
Onwards and downwards, in this case - into the formerly underwater Adaminaby. My car in old Adaminaby, the section of town which disappeared many years before the car was built. The structure in front of the car is the foundations of an old building. And the foreground road is an old street which has not seen this much sunlight for 40 plus years.
The remains of an old Adaminaby building. I don't understand the No Parking sign; it's seem to be rather pristine, suggesting it has not been underwater for 40 years, yet I can't imagine why anybody would put a new sign in!
A boat coming in between some of the remaining dead trees in Lake Eucumbene - normally well below water level, but not a hazard to boaters.
The remains of an old building, now visible from the remaining parts of Old Adaminaby in the background.
A verandah pillar is about all that remains of this old building, with Old Adaminaby in the background. The car on the right is about to drive onto the boat launching ramp, which ends about where the car is now.
The water has gone, and the plants are now back, amidst the foundations of buildings in old Adaminaby.
My car is about 200m into Lake Eucumbene. And still a very long way from the water. Note also that the elevation (the lower number on the left 4"pyyof the display) at 1152m is about 30m above the lake level (as estimated by Snowy Hydro), and some 13m below maximum water level (which is the edge of the blue area on the GPS).
About 200m off shore :-)
Kiandra