#3: [09-Apr-19]

#2: [09-Feb-07]

16-Jan-2002 -- First I must apologise for the quality of the pictures. On arrival at the confluence I discovered that my camera had no film and my fellow explorers were almost at the end of their roll. I was left with video and the hope of being able to extract passable frames. Moral - always check your equipment!

We set out from Newcastle, NSW, to visit family in Bingara about 40km west of the confluence. My sister Carolynn and her husband Malcolm became fellow explorers setting out on 16 Jan 2002 for Inverell and then south on the Bundarra road between Lake Copeton and Tingha. Lake Copeton is an artificial lake created by a rock and earth dam, the water being used for irrigation on the Gwydir River further west. Access to the confluence is west along an unsealed road about 3km south of a community called Stanbrough. About 20km further along at Kalang Property we found Trevor on his quad motor-cycle. We told him what we were doing and asked his permission. After chatting for a few minutes he left us, scratching his head, wondering why anyone would spend their time and money on such a venture. Having left the car at the gate, according to the map, it looked like we had about a 1km walk to find the 'spot'. Using the GPS we decided to cut south across a gate and then west along a fence line. After about 20 minutes the magic moment, 30° 00' 00"S , 151° 00' 00"W.

The confluence has a northerly aspect about half way up a 200m slope. The ground is broken by some large granitic boulders, one of which I thought would be a magnificent marker for the confluence, but after a few minutes the GPS calculated that it was at least 1 second off. After turning east for about 5-10m we were back to the required position so I think the error of the location is no more than 5m.