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BOAT ROCK ~ Savernake

            Boat Rock, and Aboriginal ancient water catchment, make by "burning out" the rocks.

Savernake, New South Wales, Australia.

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"This site is about 25 kms north from Mulwala, and is very seldom visited.

The exceptional quality of this site is that it is the only site in the whole of Australia that demonstrates that the Aboriginies were able to construct a water storage from solid granite rock.

The Australian Aboriginals have never been considered people who prepare for the future. The Boat Rock is a man made reservoir to catch and hold water for use over the summer period.

Very considerable initiative was shown in its creation. A big fire was lit on the site then allowed to cool. When cold gravel would be loosened and dug out. The same process would then happen again, and again, fire - dig.

This process was repeated until a hole 2 metres deep was made. This process may have taken dozens of years to complete.

Another amazing factor at this site, is that it takes very little rain to completely fill the water reservoir. The hole that was "dug, built or made" is in the perfect position to catch the entire run off of the granite outcrop into which it has been made. A small shower of rain is sufficient to fill the hole with water, which is very necessary over the summer period.

Within close vicinity to the Boat Rock are Kangaroos which stay in the area because of the water supply. This made them an easy catch for the aboriginals."
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Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Savernake (show map)

Taken on: July 3, 2018

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/10.0, 1/200 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 19.00
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