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About Townsville Black Weir Overflowing

About Townsville

February 2, 2015 By Jan Robinson 6 Comments

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Mid January saw Townsville temperatures in the mid thirties, humidity in the high nineties and the Ross River thundering over the Black Weir spillway.  Rainfall for the month (measured in the suburb of Garbutt), was 178.4ml.

 

About Townsville Black Weir Overflowing

Nine days later on February 1st I revisited the same weir.  Even though Kirwan had recieved 20 mm of rain in an hour on the previous night there was only a trickle finding it’s way over the weir wall. Hmmm. Disappointing.

About Townsville Black Weir Trickle

About Townsville Black Weir children fishing

The footbridge that connects the Weir School (Kirwan) side of the river with the Douglas side (between Mocca Mecca Cafe and the Riverside Tavern).

About Townsville Footbridge near Weir School Townsville

To arrive at Black Weir, drive from the CBD along Ross River Road toward the Thuringowa Drive intersection near Willows Shopping Centre.  Before reaching the Tony Ireland Stadium in Pioneer Park turn left at the Weir School Lights.  Ditch the car and follow the bike path between the school and the river for two minutes and you’re there.

The Weir School Car Park.

About Townsville Weir Carpark

The Black is the first of three weirs downstream of the Ross River Dam (1971).

Fishing is allowed and Bookings are required for water-skiing.

Have you seen the Black Weir overflowing?

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Jan Robinson writes about travel on her Budget Travel Talk blog. A solo traveller in her teens, for the last 40 years Jan has travelled through Australia, Asia, Europe, Turkey and New Zealand with her husband. They specialise in road trips, caravanning and Independent travel without spending a fortune. Her favourite destination is Turkey and she is currently dreaming of Myanmar and Mexico.

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  1. Muza-chan

    February 2, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    Beautiful place…

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    • Jan

      February 2, 2015 at 7:24 pm

      Thanks for commenting Lily.

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  2. Krista

    February 3, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    I’m delighted that you have a Townsville page now. Bear and I watched Coast: Australia and when they panned over Townsville I exclaimed: “My friend Jan lives there!” 🙂

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    • Jan

      February 4, 2015 at 4:40 pm

      My husband is aware of you too Krista. I was telling him about the lovely wood burning work you do and about your goats of course!

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  3. Johanna

    February 3, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    What an interesting idea to track the changes of the weir. It did look very lovely with the water gushing over it. The bike path made my ears prick up but the humidity made me a little weak at the knees 😉

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    • Jan

      February 4, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      My thoughts exactly Jo. It has been very humid here lately. It rained today so it is a little cooler now. I tried walking on the walker at the Gym the other day because I’ve found it too hard to walk in the humidity lately.

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