The Coliban Main Channel: Flume 10

One of the more unfortunate errors in the book (The Coliban Main Channel: A Walking Guide) was to conclude that the bottom photo on page 115 was of Flume 3 looking up the hill towards the south west. The lesson from this mistake is that a perceived need to rush into print is no excuse not to take adequate care in ensuring historical accuracy. With further thought I realised I hadn't explored the site of Flume 10 adequately. Once I examined the gully more carefully I realised that this was indeed the location of the flume on page 115. For the location of Flume 10 see map page 126. It's the only flume that occurred in this section. Here is that photo. Note the rocks circled in yellow.

    Compare the above photo with a present day photo taken from near the above location.  Note that the old granite piers of the flume are still in their original positions.

    A new concrete aqueduct located higher up the gully has replaced the old wooden fluming. Look closely at the gentleman standing on the concrete flume. Is this the same man (perhaps a State Rivers and Water Supply engineer) seen standing on the flume at Byrnes Creek (see earlier post on Flume 7)? We know that this photo was taken in 1930.