The Making of "The Nepean" - Day 4
First Shown: 19 November 2018 on YouTube
If you have been watching 'The Making of the Nepean' in sequential order or watched Day 3 first, you would suspect we were taking a boat trip on the Nepean today. Well... you'd be right. We drove straight to Mike's place (if you don't count stopping for coffee) where he was waiting with boat and trailer attached to his vehicle. So, off we went, travelled the 2.8kms in no time at all and launched the tinny into the Nepean River, from a sandy beach on the upstream side of the weir.
We had barely left the beach when the 'shear-pin' on the outboard motor sheared (I guess that's what shear-pins do), so we beached and replaced the part. This time the pin held and we motored up the Nepean for about 1.8kms before we saw any methane gas bubbling from the riverbed. We did not have high hopes of seeing methane bubbles since mining under the river stopped a year ago, but there it was, still happening, before our eyes. With that recorded we motored back to the vehicles, said our farewells and headed off back to Lucy's Cafe for another great lunch.
The junction of the Nepean and Cataract rivers was our next and final destination for today. Like the previous junction, of the Nepean and Bargo rivers, that we located in Day 1, this one was also obscure and difficult to find. We knew it was behind properties on Prices Road, Douglas Park. We could see that from Google Maps. But when on the ground everything looked different and on a much larger scale.
We entered a property at the end of the road and approached the homestead. The owner was not there but as we were about to leave he drove up. He was a friendly man and after we explained our mission he agreed we could stay and find the junction. He knew it was there but he had no reason to go there. It was located over a cliff in a deep valley, of course.
Like the Bargo escapade we did not need to go to the bottom. We would be satisfied with a wide-shot. So, we wandered off towards the valley, looking for a vantage spot on the escarpment, for our video. We were not disappointed. I think under the circumstances we did okay. Watch the video and see if you agree.
