#cataract dam

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Water restrictions to be eased in the Illawarra from March

Water restrictions to be eased in the Illawarra from March

Cataract Dam, west of Bulli, which supplies part of Sydney and the Illawarra’s drinking water

THERE will be a few less dirty cars in the northern Illawarra from March 1 when water restrictions are eased due to a rise in current dam levels after recent heavy rainfall.

The Level 2 water restrictions still apply until March 1.

The news comes as Sydney and Illawarra’s dam levels reach 80 per cent on…

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Wattle, Cataract Dam, NSW, 16 July 1966

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Diggers' Car Run to Cataract Dam

Diggers’ Car Run to Cataract Dam

  Cataract Dam, where the diggers spent ANZAC Dat 1929.

IF you take a trip to Cataract Dam, there are three essentials to the complete enjoyment of the trip; one is a permit from the Water Board, the other an inch rule and a ready reckoner.

Through the goodly management of Mr. W. Cochrane, O.B.E., and the fine response to his appeal, something like 60 diggers were able to make the journey to the…

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Fishing the Cataract

Jack Upton at The Cataract in the 1940s.

By MICK ROBERTS ©

FISHING The Cataract has been illegal for over a century but try telling that to the Upton family.

Since the first Upton ventured into the district the family has built a proud heritage and tradition of fishing the rivers and creeks of the Cataract catchment.

This is the story of brothers Jack and Cecil Upton who could be found most…

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