Australia Wide - Thirlmere Lakes - June 4
Are the Thirlmere Lakes drying out? In a World Heritage National Park near Sydney, an ancient ecosystem - and recreation spot - is struggling to retain water levels.
Reporter Greg Miskelly talks to two scientists - Dr Philip Pells and Professor Richard Kingsford - about separate studies both arguing coal mining impacts on groundwater must be considered by authorities.
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a look across thirlmere lakes and picnic area
Challenger 4WD. A Picnic with Amy & Bailee at Thirlmere Lakes National Park.
Amy and Bailee, my daughter and grand daughter, come on a picnic with me to Thirlmere Lakes National Park. We stop at Werri Berri Picnic Area and have a picnic. We get an uninvited guest, a tree Goanna and I have a look at the lakes which sadly, are bone dry.
We also explore the Couridjah Heritage Pump House and the tracks within the park. Lovely weather and so nice to have a day with Amy and Bailee.
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Thirlmere Lakes is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 70 km southwest of Sydney, and lying just to the west of Thirlmere, New South Wales. It is part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site. Covering an area of 629 hectares,[1] it was gazetted in 1972 as Thirlmere Lakes State Park, before being subsequently reclassified as a National Park.[2]
The main feature of the park are the lakes, thought to have formed around 15 million years ago by geological activity, the land lifting and largely cutting them off from the local river system. Their outflow is reduced to the small Blue Gum Creek, which flows west into the Little River in the adjacent Nattai National Park to the west.[3]
The lakes and their environs contain an unusual and diverse array of flora and fauna. It contains the rare freshwater sponge Radiospongilla sceptroides,[4] and is notable for an absence of freshwater snails.[2] The lakes contain the rare watershield (Brasenia schreberi) and are lined with rare species such as the grey sedge (Lepironia articulata) and the wooly frogsmouth lily (Philydrum lanuginosum). The habitat provides a home for the otherwise scarce Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), and migratory Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii.[4]
The habitat around the lakes is open sclerophyll forest, the dominant trees being rough-barked apple (Angophora floribunda) nearby and sydney peppermint (Eucalyptus piperita) and red bloodwood (Corymbia gummifera) on elevated areas. The understory species include many familiar sydney sandstone flora such as members of the genera Banksia, Acacia, pea flowers, and the New South Wales waratah (Telopea speciosissima)
Thirlmere Lakes and the Bats of Picton
Pete-Dogg and Dave, checking out Thirlmere Lakes + an encounter with ravenous bats!
THIRLMERE LAKES and COURIDJAH TRAIN STATION
BEST VIEWED ON FULL SCREEN.
Are Thirlmere Lakes disappearing because of mining nearby or through climate change evolution?
Trains at nearby Couridjah Train Station use to get their water supplies from the lakes but they too have gone out of date as the train station has as well when the line was rerouted.
All things change over time....... and it's good to record these while they are still there.
Jai Rowell MP Wollondilly - Thirlmere Lakes
Today I took the family to the Thirlmere National Park. It was heartening to see water in the lakes.
Kiah Ridge and Thirlmere Lakes ride
Burragorang Lookout and Picnic Area, NSW , Australia
Burragorang lookout and picnic area makes for a great day trip from Camden, Campbelltown and Sydney, for views of Warragamba Dam. You can also hire for a special event.
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Thirlmere Lakes Milkyway Timelapse
Thirlmere Lakes Milkyway Timelapse
ABC 7PM News Thirlmere Lakes - May 28
Reporter Greg Miskelly talks to scientists, politicians and locals about the dramatically low water-levels of the Thirlmere Lakes. Is coal-mining to blame?
Thirlmere Lakes & coal mining - ABC TV 730 - 31 January 2012
Thirlmere Lakes & coal mining - ABC TV 730 - 31 January 2012
ABC looks at the damage long wall coal mining and potentially coal seam gas is doing to aquifers and lakes on the Illawarra escarpment South of Sydney.
Thirlmere Drone Footage (Public)
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Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant) on Lake Couridjah in Thirlmere Lakes National Park.
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A run down the cedar creek track
Thirlmere Lakes - Lake Werri Berri FPV OSD GoPro
with my Cyclops on screen display in F16 mode.
Location: Lake Werri Berri - Thirlmere Lakes Thirlmere NSW Australia
Quadcopter X525 V3 - slightly modified
KK5.5 blackboard multiCoptor Flight board
XXD 2212 KV1000 brushless motors
GWS 9050 & 9050R 3-blade Rotors
Hobbywing 20A ESC's
ESC Connection Board
3S 5000mah battery
GoPro Hero 2 set to 720p 60fps
Cyclops OSD with GPS and battery monitoring
5.8G 500mw transmitter
AIO goggles with built in receiver
JXD990 to record GPS stats.
GIVE A DAM: Flooding the Blue Mountains
Plans to raise Warragamba Dam wall threaten vast areas of Australia’s national parks and precious World Heritage rivers. But when communities get active, history is made. See this spectacular wilderness for yourself and meet the people fighting to save it.
Norwra/Yalwal Trip
4WD Trip to Morton National Park in the Yalwal area.
Blue Mountains Mayor’s urgent call regarding Warragamba Dam proposal
The Blue Mountains Mayor has urgently called on the State and Federal Governments to put a stop to plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s assertion that the proposal is incompatible with world heritage status.
Go to bmcc.nsw.gov.au/warragamba-dam for more information.
4WD Thirlmere lakes ROCK CLIMBING - 4WD