Sunday, 19 October 2014

Kamilaroi Hwy to Brewarrina – New South Wales 19-10-2014

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Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps  are estimated to be over 40,000 years old!
The fish traps are a series of stone wall enclosures spreading across the Barwon River. Extending for over 500m in length, they are the largest, functional and most complex set of Aboriginal Fish Traps ever recorded.
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Survey of Brewarrina Fish Traps in 1906
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Long views of a section of the fish traps.
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Large fish trapped in the pools here at Brewarrina
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Bignonia Emu-Bush ! (Eremophila bignoniiflora) so not a Wilga tree after all.

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