@@LifeintheBush I drove along the nice gravel roads & then along 4WD tracks, except that a 4WD might not have been able to follow me koz at one or two places the old timber bridge had planks missing & u had to drive along the stringers which were weak & had steel spikes sticking up. A 4WD might have been too heavy. I had a key to the gate on the upper Ryans Ck track.... there was a permanent security fence fencing off the water catchment for the Benalla Shire/City which owned Loombah Weir on Ryans Ck.... i worked for the SR&WSC which was constructing a second dam (McCall Say Weir) above Loombah Weir. I had worked on the King River Dam (Lake William Hovell) in 1970 1971. Tatong (the Magpies) won the premiership in the local league in the 2 years i played 1972 1973. In 2010 wnen the Benalla District League folded Tatong joined the Ovens & King League. And then in say 2014 Tatong was thrown out because they were too weak.
@@LifeintheBush I drove along good gravel roads, plus some 4WD tracks. I played for Tatong when we won the 1972 & 1973 premierships. Tatong joined the Ovens & King League when the Benalla League folded in 2010. And then Tatong were thrown out in 2022 koz they were too weak. I worked for the SR&WSC & worked on the King River Dam (Lake William Hovell) in 1970 1971.
Wow, they must be great memories 😊 I loved the time I spent there. Didn’t make it to Lake William Hovell. Well done on your premierships, shame the Magpies aren’t still going. It must be hard in small towns like that. Seemed like a lovely community ☺️
I remember driving down Fifteen Mile Ck & across to Ryan's Ck & out up Ryan's Ck in 1972, in my Valiant sedan.
I played footy for Tatong too.
You drove in the creek itself? Was there no road?
I was told that Tatong footy team is no longer… and they were the Magpies apparently (My AFL team 😊)
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I drove along the nice gravel roads & then along 4WD tracks, except that a 4WD might not have been able to follow me koz at one or two places the old timber bridge had planks missing & u had to drive along the stringers which were weak & had steel spikes sticking up. A 4WD might have been too heavy.
I had a key to the gate on the upper Ryans Ck track.... there was a permanent security fence fencing off the water catchment for the Benalla Shire/City which owned Loombah Weir on Ryans Ck.... i worked for the SR&WSC which was constructing a second dam (McCall Say Weir) above Loombah Weir.
I had worked on the King River Dam (Lake William Hovell) in 1970 1971.
Tatong (the Magpies) won the premiership in the local league in the 2 years i played 1972 1973. In 2010 wnen the Benalla District League folded Tatong joined the Ovens & King League. And then in say 2014 Tatong was thrown out because they were too weak.
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I drove along good gravel roads, plus some 4WD tracks.
I played for Tatong when we won the 1972 & 1973 premierships.
Tatong joined the Ovens & King League when the Benalla League folded in 2010. And then Tatong were thrown out in 2022 koz they were too weak.
I worked for the SR&WSC & worked on the King River Dam (Lake William Hovell) in 1970 1971.
Wow, they must be great memories 😊 I loved the time I spent there. Didn’t make it to Lake William Hovell. Well done on your premierships, shame the Magpies aren’t still going. It must be hard in small towns like that. Seemed like a lovely community ☺️
@@LifeintheBush I remember that my daughter & her university class had lunch at the Tatong pub & she happened to see my football photos on the wall.