Chris, Di and Matthew Stevenson
31/12/2005
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Cataract Dam Chris, Di and Matthew Stevenson 31/12/2005 |
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View of Cataract Dam. Southern Highlands NSW.
The Cataract Dam is the first and oldest of the great dams of the Upper Nepean River, which provides water for the population of Sydney.One of the major tributaries of the Nepean River, the Cataract River rises in the mountains along the escarpment above Wollongong and flows inward - north towards Appin, west towards Wilton, then north again to join the Nepean near Douglas Park.
As the name implies, it flows much of its course through deep cataracts and ravines, hidden among the rough countryside except at Broughton Pass - on the road between Appin and Wilton - where it was forded in colonial times.