Oallen Ford -update

[rustyau]

I was at the ford for a couple of days last week. River was up and powering. It covered most of the rock ledge adjacent to the falls. The bridge is well on its way to completion. Still no access to the lower eastern side of the bridge. Camped on the west side on the top level. Nobody else there.
I don’t know how they will give access to the lower east side when the bridge is complete. Doesn’t seem possible the way the road will connect to the current one.
Didn’t see any new signs in the area. I did notice that the guy who owns the property you used to drive through to get to the western side of the area (opposite Spring Creek) has built a fortress fence around the property. I always thought the track through his property was a “right of Way”. Regards Russ

[Rowdy]

I also thought that the crown land along the river in the spring creek area had to have access to by the general public. Back around 1999 I accessed spring creek through the mining lease to spring creek and access wasn't a problem as the workers at the lease showed me the way through the lease to get to the creek. Then a couple of years later I noticed that their gate at the river had a pad lock on it.
I don't know of any other ways to get access to that area so maybe the greens have slipped through something closing off the area.
Rowdy

[rustyau]

I'll make some inquiries with LPI (Land and Property Information).

[mushmouse]

That LPI info is handy Rusty - great for NSW. I looked around and found some online resource called Six Maps and took a capture of Oallen. Looks like the creek is crown yeah?

[rustyau]

Damn computer just crashed.
I was just looking at the same map. They have better imagery than Google Earth. Yep, definitely a right of way between the properties.
Don’t know if the LPI details have changed since the map was produced. More inquiries need to be made. Russ

[shivan]

From what little I heard the road through the property was crown land but may have been purchased in the road buy back. Something else I heard on the rumour mill, was the fence had something to do with the water board.
Last I saw the area around spring creek was still under a ML so technically you would need permission to fossick there anyway.

[rustyau]

Just to confirm that the Oallen bridge will be closed. Off council website.

It is proposed to close Oallen Ford Road to complete the approaches to the new bridge from:

Monday 17 August 2015 to Friday 11 September 2015.

This is subject to weather conditions.

For further information contact Matt O'Rourke, Director Goulburn Mulwaree Operations on 4823 4464.