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Rubicon power station (Vic.)

Roderick Smith wrote: Rubicon power station (Vic.)

Well done Roderick.

Actually wrong! That's LOWER Rubicon power station, and you're parked on Skinny Bridge (the one in your pic is the bridge on the walking track). Rubicon PS is a different entity a few miles south of there.

PS I worked in those stations in the '70s and lived in house next to Rubicon PS!

Recent photo of Skinny Bridge

I had Lake Cargelligo in the first 10 sec; scrolled to post, and it had gone already.
Then hayseed gave me the second chance.
The Rubicon-Royston scheme was an early SEC exercise, in parallel with a pilot scheme at Yallourn.
This was under the supervision of the eminent Victorian Sir John Monash, the inaugural chairman. [He had been knighted on the battlefield during WWI, and went on to many other achievements for the good of the state. His name lives on in many places]
My parents grew up in rural Victoria in the 1930s as the state grid was established: exciting times.
Now we are expected to go back to making our own.
Yallourn grew and spawned Morwell (and then Loy Yang). Very famous.
Rubicon spawned our Kiewa scheme and the Snowy scheme: two are well known, but the first is obscure, yet is still at work doing the task for which it was designed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon_Hydroelectric_Scheme

I'll have the new one ready to post in the morning.

Roderick

Quite right Allan: the surfaced road and lack of incline gave it away as the lower power station. In an HCVC quiz, I didn't think that the distinction was vital.
I don't have my photos of the upper scanned, so have Royston instead.
vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/4620?print=true





I'll post the quiz photo as a second message.
Roderick

There is always the problem in getting the difficulty right: giveway vs impossible.
I've cropped this one to avoid giveaway. I didn't have the time to clean and retone to my usual standard.

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Roderick

Allan, you're 100% correct, and clearly know the area better than me.
Roderick, you always impress me with the amount of places you've travelled to, photographed and share with us here.
Thanks guys.

That's a modern photo made to look old I reckon as the Clipper has a aluminium bull bar

A recent Clipper run

There was a run from Melbourne up the Hume a few years back

Got Mum to take Dad out for the day as Dad was Clipper lover

So Melbourne?

Paul

Roderick Smith wrote: There is always the problem in getting the difficulty right: giveway vs impossible.
I've cropped this one to avoid giveaway. I didn't have the time to clean and retone to my usual standard.

201029Th-HCVC-WheremEye-RSmith

Roderick

Is that a railway Line behind the Chainwire Fence to the Left of the [strike]Bus[/strike] oops Coach..& maybe a Pub in the RHS background??