As an Australian I can say the corruption in the construction industry is at the level of the ridiculous! Of course this bleeds into politics as well and I'm sick of it! The Snowy River 2.0 project is even worse and these idiots are destroying Australia's international reputation.
I the old days good engineers were valued and their knowledge was key to the construction standards and the quality of the finished products. These days, things are a little different . The politicians make promises , the "bean counters" nominate the budgets and the engineers have to try to make it happen . .Snowy 2.0 project is another example of this poorly coordinated project..
Im in Adelaide, and two of my housemates are totally unqualified Argentinians on a study visa. They do not do any real study, they work 70 hours a week in a steel manufacturing plant on $30 an hour, with only 20 of those hours declared to the government and the tax man. This is the problem. Government says it needs skilled labour, but it imports lower quality unskilled posing as skilled. Dodgy firms employ these ijits and well.. the Paradise dam, and many other building industry failures, are the result. What does the government do about it ? There are no policing mechanisms in place to locate, deport, or punish, let alone fine the industries using these unlawful migrant workers. Like I said.. I live with two of them.
Just to show they are unskilled.. neither qualified for the accelerated apprenticeship program as neither has any history of completing any sort of trade. They confess openly that they are self taught only and did a few modules from some institution that no longer exists. Oh.. that was for one of them. the other is a supposed carpenter in Argentina.. same deal. Now he too works at this steel company. Wood welding anyone ?
@@lesleypaterson1463I’m so tired of that word too, along with several other over used words that are rarely if ever used correctly. They’re just buzzwords made popular in 2020!
As a resident and someone who's informed on the dams issues I can confirm that everything he's said is entirely correct. They cheaped out with low quality and poor binding concrete that was inadequately compacted and not given time to set properly so after being hit by floods it wasn't designed to withstand sooner than expected it began forming internally stress factures throughout. In total cheaping out has cost more than 20 fold the initial cost.
And again the population of Queensland/Australia will foot the bill , were it should be the design engineering company and construction company should have the cost as it clearly wasn't up to standards ,
Yeah, need to be but won't be, after all it is Queensland, where corruption in government is rife and has been since Jo Bjekle-Petersen. And throwing more money at the problem won't fix it, the whole dam needs to be rebuilt with Federal watchdogs on the job.
It was obviously people from China or an overseas contracted to build the dam & why they weren’t sued because Australian government are cowards & sold our country about 30-40 years ago when we let soooo many migrants into the country & sold so they could retire as multimillionaires. The REAL AUSTRALIAN’S WERE SOLD OUT B4 AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO OWN LAND & a HOME & a successful company because we were so of out for rich people to profit & why Australian people have no chance to own a home.
They weren't engineering mistackes. Most rip-offs that happen when building buildings that use concrete are the substitution of low-grade concrete for what was specified in the contract. There is a lot of money to be made by using cheaper concrete. This was corruption, plain and simple.
Same thing was happening in texas with pools. Companies installing pools pretended it was not their job to understand concrete. They used cheaper concrete that was not designed for pools. The owners filed bankruptcy to avoid replacing the pools so they could pocket what they had paid themselves when scamming customers. It left home owners with hundreds in thousands in damages to remove and replace the pools.
You sure they did not get Chinese educated by the CCP to be in charge of building it.They are known for low morals and greed.Hate to think it is home grown.
@@railroad9000 In QLD the Govt Dept of works designers stuffed up the calcs for many dams - most dams have been derated and subject to major reinforcement due to this
@@warrenklaus-tm1oo such behavior is criminal! They *should* be going to prison. Hmmm, prison… Wasn’t Australia a British prison colony at one point? Maybe it’s genetic? 😜
Thank you for bringing light to this subject. Since we now have a new law in Queensland ( tongue in cheek), we can now go to jail for harshly criticising the state government, banking industry or its representatives. The premier has been replaced much like the dam.
Yep, tyranny. That's what I call it. How dare you expose our underhanded dealings! Essentially. Maybe when we're done over here, we can come help y'all deal with yours. Sic sic sic...
Something I learned a long time ago, working. There's never enough time and money, to do it right, the first time. But there's always enough time and money, to do it again🙄
Two corrections: Bundaberg is pronounced "Bun-da-berg" not "Boon-der-berg". There is no "Prime Minister of Queensland", there is a "Premier of Queensland".
There is too. It's an unelected position, usually given to the drunkest and loudest patron at the pub. It holds no real authority, other than the ability to be the loudest and drunkest. They often then go and build a dam or something.
I'll add a third, "villages", even if the term may convey the same idea, I'm not sure how people in the many smaller townships and shires would react to being called a village. Even if many of them may just consist of a pub, ( or two) and 1/2 dozen grain silos, maybe a bakery and/or a newsagent/post office/general store that sells anything as they get bigger.
I lived at Happy Valley South Oz. The valley has had a reservoir since 1894 and there was a town running down the centre of it. As well as a small watersource. Not that uncommon to build reservoirs over small towns.
I watched the video all the way to the end at which time you requested that we hit the like button. If I were to do that, I would be unliking your video because I liked it at the beginning of the video as you requested. BTW, I liked the video.
I don't think I've missed a single video on this channel & think he does great, yet it can be annoying if they over request. Not sure if that's your point but twice is to often in a video.
Hi Steve! Can't do this without coffee first! Australia again? LOL Thats a country with all kinds of stories! All good, thank you for sharing them with all of us! Catch you in the next one!
I live near this dam and we used to be able to go on a boat there and everything but now the water levels have completely dropped down because they let all the water out. At the time it was a wet season so it was raining non stop but there was some shady stuff about it. Also I was so surprised to hear paradise dam because mount Perry the town near there is so small and as a local of the region it's so amazing to get coverage by foreigners.
Thank you for reporting on this story! Heard about it years ago and it's clearly one of the best examples of corporate greed taking presidency over public welfare.
"Australia a first rate country run by first rate thieves..." As an Australian I can vouch for this. Queensland is run by The Australian Labor Party, unfortunately the Opposition Party is not much better, both State and Federally.
if you read the geology report they built it on the wrong spot used the wrong concrete and they also forged the signature of the chief engineer who signed off who had nothing to do with the project.
Classic examples of accepting the lowest bidder on a contract. Also, building a "straight" dam across a river is a recipe for failure. Dams should be built with a "convex curve" for maximum strength. How do I know? Over 30 years as a civil engineer, AND I live in Oregon, the dam-building capitol of the USA (maybe the world)!!
Prime minister of Queensland. 😆 Dude I'm trying to stop chuckling. Combine that with "Boondaberg" (bUndaberg, bunda-> thunder, down unda), and I"m falling off my chair laughing. Good video, very entertaining thank you. 👍
You should do a video of how bad the ring road in bundy was built,not even 6 months after opening it was being dug up and re done,92 million worth of work blown out to billions in repairs
You have to be using a teleprompter or something. I can’t imagine you have the time to memorize these and the redwheel scripts. This is such a good channel with in depth analysis. You’re really good at taking impersonal stories and personalizing them. Big props and thanks for being so entertaining.
My great great grandfather and his brothers were some of the founders of Paradise (Allen's), it was devastating that they flooded the township remains to build the dam, only to have it fail so quickly. Also lived in BUN-daberg (like bundle) until i was 18yo. During the 2011 and 2013 floods, the damage was insane. The company/s that built and manages the dam are wholly responsible for this f'up and WHEN it fails, the downstream communities and farmland will suffer without support.
Marvellous how "Clever", man is (sic), when it comes to interfering with nature. Like building on flood plains, then wondering why they get flooded? Or such disasters as introducing solutions that are sadly lacking in any sort of research as to what the underlying problem is. Like the introduction of rabbits to Australia, or the grey squirrel to Great Britain, or the cane toad to India to control those critters which attacked the rice crops, but turned out they just ate whatever they could fit into their mouths, irrispective of whether it was friend or foe. I could go on, but, generally problems are caused because of man's own short sightedness and by taking short cuts that Nature never did. Great show as ever. Thanks James, recognise your dulcet tones anywhere.
What about the useless river destroying dam in Florida, the Rodman dam that slowly destroying the Ocklawaha River and the lakes that are fed by the River.
Australia has once in a century droughts every decade, not to mention Drought and Flood are seasons in Southern Queensland, none of that Autumn, Winter, Spring and wotnot malarkey!
Bun-daburg not Boon-daberg: there are no boondoggles in Australia! Collapsing dams and bridges are just not a thing here unlike in the US. Give the bureaucracy a chance and they will build that new one downstream whilst using the old one as a coffer dam. The longer that takes the more ROI they actually get out of the old failing one!
A trick I've been using a lot, is putting words into Google Translate, on the English side, and hitting the speaker button. It's *really* good at pronouncing English words with pronunciations that don't match their spelling, like town names. I'm yet to find an example of it getting it wrong. And English has *tonnes* of weirdly pronounced words. I'm a native speaker, and I need this. No one should feel bad about pronouncing a word incorrectly, it's proof that they read ❤
Really Enjoyed this Video. Had a Wee Giggle every Time 'Boondaburg' was mentioned. Loving the way Our American mate's Struggle with our Aussie Names. But, Concrete..! Romans managed it, 2000yrs Ago & there are Roman Buildings standing Solid as Rock in Europe, to this Day..!? But here in Oz, we Struggle making it Last a Decade or 3, before it starts falling to bits..! Who got the Spare $$$ from the Unused Concrete that didn't go into that Mix..? Fudge Guys, the Romans Can do Better than us Today..? BONKERS..! Enjoyable Vid, Thx for all your Work, Cobber..! 😂🦘🦘🦘😎
BUN-DA-BERG (correct pronunciation) I was at the dam last week. I grew up in the area and have actually found small pieces of gold over the past 40 years. The town I ended up living in has 79 people
Australian here with a pronunciation tip... it's not meant to sound like Boondaberg.... it's Bundaberg to sound like 'under' IE: bun-da-berg Have a great day y'all
The city of "Boonedeberg" is pronounced and spelled 'BUNDA BERG' FAMOUS for Bundaberg Rum ((Bundy Rum), Southern Barrier Reef, Home for loggerhead and green sea turtles, graceful manta rays, and a home away from home for migrating humpback whales.
Right on, Thanks for The Video's,. They Should pay people to Tell all the Hidden Secrets so we Could add it to Experience of A Trade Many Trades I Imagine Better More Learning For Future What not to do and do in a better way,.
just to be clear, all the damages and death that took place during the floods mentioned at the start, were not caused by the dame, if anything, the dame mediated the damage, so that it won't be as bad.
I'd agree with you except, from what i have heard they were emptying it during the flood event which unfortunately led to higher levels downstream(that caused possible deaths). But they had to empty it to stop a catastrophe if it failed. It was an unfortunate and neccessary event that probably saved more lives though.
With the Multi billions found to effect the alternative energies. Maybe building more and better dams. Would be a greater contribution. Towards climate change. And a wi for communities
the core samples showed the corruption of the construction. the aggregate used had way too much clay and not enough cement. The placement of the RCC was done improperly leaving faulty layers and poor adhesion. Management disregarding advice of expert brought in as this was the first RCC dam in Australia at the time
They skimped on foundation materials and expenditures . They didn't dig the foundation deep enough . A dams entire viability depends on the structural integrity of the foundation . You can NOT just build a dam on top of the existing geology . The dirt must be removed all the way to the bedrock or you will develop seepage and eventual structural failure .
Bundaberg is in an area that has an average rainfall of around 1m a year. The average across all of Australia is 400mm. Bundaberg is also in a cyclone prone area and instead of 1m of rain in a year it may get as much as 250mm in a single day. This isn't a once in a 200 year event or once in 5000 years. That sort of rainfall is more like a once in a 10 year event.
I spent a week on the banks was drawn there from driving too many hrs in need of a rest . Paradise dam sounded great. This resent history needs to have a voice . Paradice my arse. What a scam. I never knew. Thanks for the info. Very informative indeed.
One correction. Dams are not typically designed to last for centuries. On the contrary, a 50 to 75-year design is probably the most common. We just expected them to be built to a higher standard.
as soon as i read the title before wawtching i knew it was paradise. i live close by and have been to the dam many times on my morotbike its an excellent ride out there
This fiasco was preventable, however, politics, finger-pointing, and unfounded accusations prevailed and the shit, eventually, hit the fan.. in a big way. The loss of life, livelihoods, and infrastructure was mind-numbing. On a slightly different note: It's pronounced "Bunda berg."
@terryquarton2523 yeah I heard that and it won't be finished for another 5 years, so don't build it to the same original size build it bigger for population growth.
Worked on a major West Aussie dam in the 80s for 2 years, the quality control was very thorough, to this day the leakage is at, I think, 4 litres a minute :)
there is another cover up during construction. A lot of mercury was found in a pit from the gold mining process. It was dug up and buried on the downstream side of the dam, moved from the reservoir side. Was this new pit affected by the floods that came later
Note: be very very particular with concrete companies. Many big companies gip residential projects with leftover whatever concrete from some big commercial project. Aka, not the specific concrete you requested with special aggregates and additives. And make sure you are more than ready to go before time because you do not want to keep a concrete truck waiting to pour your foundation ever...
Check out the bridge over the Bowen river, downstream of Burdekin dam. It lasted 4 days... until the next rain. Because ..... the gubbermint cheaped out on the concrete. 4 years later, still NOTHING!
best mate was one of the batching plant managers who also built the Warralong Dam down there Beaudesert/ Boonah ... one of the minor inconsistencies of your story it wasn't there for 20 years (failure and realisation was almost immediate ) as it was not even finished technically and it was filled to over capacity within less than a day ( the dams are generally designed to fill to over 100% capacity in terms of storm mitigation this filled to 100% + the mitigation Reserve hence it had to be let go and let go in a hurry but it did continue to rain for the next week or so add couldn't let the water out quick enough not that that takes away from any of the corners that were allegedly cut construction ... company was Wagner's !
The dam in Switzerland is way more complicated to build because of the small window for building as it gets very cold and snowy up there. They made some complicated cable installations to build it and in the autumn-early winter, they have to stop until next year.
We can't build pumped hydro tunnels either, haha. 8 billion and counting. Don't get me started on our roads. Oak Flats has a beautiful elevated roundabout that only took 15 years or more to build. It worked ok, but the state government thought it worked too good so they decided to put some 70 year old technology into the mix, namely, traffic lights. Everyone but the government knows they are the no.1 cause of traffic jams. But wait for the best part. The Fed's now want to build nuclear power stations across the country. That should really get the party started.
Just a couple of corrections,the federation 21:3521:3521:35 drought happened at the beginning of the 20th century and Queensland has a Premier, the prime minister is the leader of the Australian government.
News Flash! 1/100 year events in massive Australia (ie the size of the USA), now happen every 10 years for the last 20+ years & seems set to continue!!!
As an Australian I can say the corruption in the construction industry is at the level of the ridiculous! Of course this bleeds into politics as well and I'm sick of it! The Snowy River 2.0 project is even worse and these idiots are destroying Australia's international reputation.
I think its strengthening your reputation of being criminals 🤣
I the old days good engineers were valued and their knowledge was key to the construction standards and the quality of the finished products. These days, things are a little different . The politicians make promises , the "bean counters" nominate the budgets and the engineers have to try to make it happen . .Snowy 2.0 project is another example of this poorly coordinated project..
Im in Adelaide, and two of my housemates are totally unqualified Argentinians on a study visa. They do not do any real study, they work 70 hours a week in a steel manufacturing plant on $30 an hour, with only 20 of those hours declared to the government and the tax man. This is the problem. Government says it needs skilled labour, but it imports lower quality unskilled posing as skilled. Dodgy firms employ these ijits and well.. the Paradise dam, and many other building industry failures, are the result. What does the government do about it ? There are no policing mechanisms in place to locate, deport, or punish, let alone fine the industries using these unlawful migrant workers. Like I said.. I live with two of them.
Just to show they are unskilled.. neither qualified for the accelerated apprenticeship program as neither has any history of completing any sort of trade. They confess openly that they are self taught only and did a few modules from some institution that no longer exists. Oh.. that was for one of them. the other is a supposed carpenter in Argentina.. same deal. Now he too works at this steel company. Wood welding anyone ?
I love your content but seriously, loose the hoodie dude. He's just irritating.😊
It's pronounced Bun-da-berg... Not Boon-der-berg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 great video though... Proud to see Bundy made it onto Watop👏👏👏👏💯👍
It's pissing me off too... bun bun bun bunder.....ah fuckit RUM country.
And Queensland has a Premier, not a PM. But, the host’s specialty is obviously engineering so…
i was just about to say how funny it was hearing it said like that lol ok im off to have a booney rum haha
Bun… as in cream bun.
@@susanc4622 And now a new election later this month
Someone should write an algorithm that blocks any media with 'shocked the world' in the title...
......or pronounces Bundaberg as 'Boondaberg', when its rum is sold all around the world!
@@MrWombattylmao stop joking
Unprecedented is another. I saw chicken Kiev today spelt KYIV, bloody PC can just bugger off.
Right! All of the “shocked the world” videos I’ve ever watched didn’t actually shock the world! 😂
@@lesleypaterson1463I’m so tired of that word too, along with several other over used words that are rarely if ever used correctly. They’re just buzzwords made popular in 2020!
As a resident and someone who's informed on the dams issues I can confirm that everything he's said is entirely correct. They cheaped out with low quality and poor binding concrete that was inadequately compacted and not given time to set properly so after being hit by floods it wasn't designed to withstand sooner than expected it began forming internally stress factures throughout. In total cheaping out has cost more than 20 fold the initial cost.
Sounds like Chinese contractors where used. As it's real common in China.
Thank you. 😎👍
It sounds like China was involved
Tofu Dreg
Top secret company info likely tanslates to executive bonuses for finding cheaper construction methods.
And again the population of Queensland/Australia will foot the bill , were it should be the design engineering company and construction company should have the cost as it clearly wasn't up to standards ,
All the People that signed off on this Dam, need to be held responsible.
Yeah, need to be but won't be, after all it is Queensland, where corruption in government is rife and has been since Jo Bjekle-Petersen. And throwing more money at the problem won't fix it, the whole dam needs to be rebuilt with Federal watchdogs on the job.
@@bushranger51 fairdicum they all need to be charged with bloody TREASON to our Country.
Don't forget Dictator Dan Andrews aswell.
It was obviously people from China or an overseas contracted to build the dam & why they weren’t sued because Australian government are cowards & sold our country about 30-40 years ago when we let soooo many migrants into the country & sold so they could retire as multimillionaires. The REAL AUSTRALIAN’S WERE SOLD OUT B4 AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO OWN LAND & a HOME & a successful company because we were so of out for rich people to profit & why Australian people have no chance to own a home.
They weren't engineering mistackes. Most rip-offs that happen when building buildings that use concrete are the substitution of low-grade concrete for what was specified in the contract. There is a lot of money to be made by using cheaper concrete. This was corruption, plain and simple.
Same thing was happening in texas with pools. Companies installing pools pretended it was not their job to understand concrete. They used cheaper concrete that was not designed for pools. The owners filed bankruptcy to avoid replacing the pools so they could pocket what they had paid themselves when scamming customers. It left home owners with hundreds in thousands in damages to remove and replace the pools.
Greed raises its ugly head once again!
You sure they did not get Chinese educated by the CCP to be in charge of building it.They are known for low morals and greed.Hate to think it is home grown.
Yep@@railroad9000
@@railroad9000 In QLD the Govt Dept of works designers stuffed up the calcs for many dams
- most dams have been derated and subject to major reinforcement due to this
The poor concrete was not an OOPS this was fraud and corruption and people's sorry asses should be going to prison
But it took 20 years and those CEOs are gone now.
Money has records. Track it and take it back from family. They don't deserve the wealth
Somebody took a little to much off the top, for blow and loose women.
@@GroundZ3R0Gamer yeah maybe. but are we going to visit the sins of the father upon the son?
i think the aborigines would also find that interesting.
@@warrenklaus-tm1oo such behavior is criminal! They *should* be going to prison.
Hmmm, prison…
Wasn’t Australia a British prison colony at one point? Maybe it’s genetic? 😜
Thank you for bringing light to this subject. Since we now have a new law in Queensland ( tongue in cheek), we can now go to jail for harshly criticising the state government, banking industry or its representatives. The premier has been replaced much like the dam.
Yep, tyranny. That's what I call it. How dare you expose our underhanded dealings! Essentially. Maybe when we're done over here, we can come help y'all deal with yours. Sic sic sic...
No we can't
Something I learned a long time ago, working.
There's never enough time and money, to do it right, the first time.
But there's always enough time and money, to do it again🙄
Just like the NBN. 🤬🤬
GOOD bloody POINT, Mate! Same in Britrain....guess where they LEARNED THAT ruse!!
@@josephking6515 Snowy Hydro & most roads also
Two corrections: Bundaberg is pronounced "Bun-da-berg" not "Boon-der-berg". There is no "Prime Minister of Queensland", there is a "Premier of Queensland".
There is too. It's an unelected position, usually given to the drunkest and loudest patron at the pub. It holds no real authority, other than the ability to be the loudest and drunkest. They often then go and build a dam or something.
And Australia's currency isn't dollars, it's dollaree-doos!
He at least got the pronunciation of Queensland right.
I'll add a third, "villages", even if the term may convey the same idea, I'm not sure how people in the many smaller townships and shires would react to being called a village.
Even if many of them may just consist of a pub, ( or two) and 1/2 dozen grain silos, maybe a bakery and/or a newsagent/post office/general store that sells anything as they get bigger.
@@wombat4247 Not so. It's Queensland, not Queenslnd.
Classic australia lol "trade secret" aka criminal corruption.
I’ve heard of “paving over paradise to put in a parking lot” but dam?
I lived at Happy Valley South Oz. The valley has had a reservoir since 1894 and there was a town running down the centre of it. As well as a small watersource. Not that uncommon to build reservoirs over small towns.
I think you missed his joke, its a song@@ldnwholesale8552
On and on it seems to go ....
Queensland doesn't have a Prime Minister.
It has a Premier.
Australia has a Prime Minister.
I watched the video all the way to the end at which time you requested that we hit the like button. If I were to do that, I would be unliking your video because I liked it at the beginning of the video as you requested. BTW, I liked the video.
I don't think I've missed a single video on this channel & think he does great, yet it can be annoying if they over request. Not sure if that's your point but twice is to often in a video.
Hi Steve! Can't do this without coffee first! Australia again? LOL Thats a country with all kinds of stories! All good, thank you for sharing them with all of us! Catch you in the next one!
Everything we learned about the Australian govt during the pandemic should say it loud and clear.
Prime Minister of QLD! Now that's funny! It's Premier of QLD sir!
I live near this dam and we used to be able to go on a boat there and everything but now the water levels have completely dropped down because they let all the water out. At the time it was a wet season so it was raining non stop but there was some shady stuff about it. Also I was so surprised to hear paradise dam because mount Perry the town near there is so small and as a local of the region it's so amazing to get coverage by foreigners.
Thank you for reporting on this story! Heard about it years ago and it's clearly one of the best examples of corporate greed taking presidency over public welfare.
"Australia a first rate country run by first rate thieves..." As an Australian I can vouch for this. Queensland is run by The Australian Labor Party, unfortunately the Opposition Party is not much better, both State and Federally.
if you read the geology report they built it on the wrong spot used the wrong concrete and they also forged the signature of the chief engineer who signed off who had nothing to do with the project.
As an Aussie, hearing "BOONdaburg" hurts my soul
it's not Boondaberg, it's BUNdaberg, bun is like fun, run, sun, gun, nun
Reminds me of marvan the martian
Thanks Brian 😊
and quality rum :)
Classic examples of accepting the lowest bidder on a contract. Also, building a "straight" dam across a river is a recipe for failure. Dams should be built with a "convex curve" for maximum strength. How do I know? Over 30 years as a civil engineer, AND I live in Oregon, the dam-building capitol of the USA (maybe the world)!!
The curved dam makes sense to me.
Being Australia: Noone was held responsible, noone went to jail, no money was recovered, and the state/taxpayer steps in to fix it all
0:12 boodaburg 💀💀💀
😂 Amooricans
Australiooon
Wait did he mean bundaberg 🤣
Killed me
@@deadmangamingpreviouslygam5662Ohhhhhhh I was trying to figure out where the hell ‘boondaburg’ was LOL
Prime minister of Queensland. 😆
Dude I'm trying to stop chuckling. Combine that with "Boondaberg" (bUndaberg, bunda-> thunder, down unda), and I"m falling off my chair laughing.
Good video, very entertaining thank you. 👍
Contact given to the contractors who gave the biggest bribes / kickbacks?
Maybe they will get the contract for the replacement. Win win.
That's what happens when politicians spend more time greasing their rich mates pockets than looking after the general population.
You should do a video of how bad the ring road in bundy was built,not even 6 months after opening it was being dug up and re done,92 million worth of work blown out to billions in repairs
You have to be using a teleprompter or something. I can’t imagine you have the time to memorize these and the redwheel scripts. This is such a good channel with in depth analysis. You’re really good at taking impersonal stories and personalizing them.
Big props and thanks for being so entertaining.
It should be pretty obvious it's a voiceover, I don't think the guy is actually talking.
...and thank you for ALL of your content! Been enjoying your "antics" and "style" for years! "It's true! There can't be any other opinion here..."
My great great grandfather and his brothers were some of the founders of Paradise (Allen's), it was devastating that they flooded the township remains to build the dam, only to have it fail so quickly. Also lived in BUN-daberg (like bundle) until i was 18yo. During the 2011 and 2013 floods, the damage was insane. The company/s that built and manages the dam are wholly responsible for this f'up and WHEN it fails, the downstream communities and farmland will suffer without support.
Marvellous how "Clever", man is (sic), when it comes to interfering with nature. Like building on flood plains, then wondering why they get flooded? Or such disasters as introducing solutions that are sadly lacking in any sort of research as to what the underlying problem is. Like the introduction of rabbits to Australia, or the grey squirrel to Great Britain, or the cane toad to India to control those critters which attacked the rice crops, but turned out they just ate whatever they could fit into their mouths, irrispective of whether it was friend or foe. I could go on, but, generally problems are caused because of man's own short sightedness and by taking short cuts that Nature never did. Great show as ever. Thanks James, recognise your dulcet tones anywhere.
What about the useless river destroying dam in Florida, the Rodman dam that slowly destroying the Ocklawaha River and the lakes that are fed by the River.
What about it?
Say BUN-DAH-BERG no BOON, great vid mate
Queensland is either flooding or in draught every year and we still have not learnt how to prepare for these disasters.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Could have just had a team of beavers don't for free in less time and higher quality
And they would have regularly maintained it. Can’t fault those beavers 😂
I’ve seen the results of failed beaver dams too. It’s not pretty!
QUEENSLAND has a Premier, not a Prime Minister. Cheers
Australia has once in a century droughts every decade, not to mention Drought and Flood are seasons in Southern Queensland, none of that Autumn, Winter, Spring and wotnot malarkey!
yeah, California only has two seasons up in the north end -- winter, and fire season, and below Redding, it's just fire season all year round.
Bun-daburg not Boon-daberg: there are no boondoggles in Australia! Collapsing dams and bridges are just not a thing here unlike in the US. Give the bureaucracy a chance and they will build that new one downstream whilst using the old one as a coffer dam. The longer that takes the more ROI they actually get out of the old failing one!
Everyone North of the Tweed River is a booner as far us Canberran's are concerned, but we go for Qld in the State of Origin.
A trick I've been using a lot, is putting words into Google Translate, on the English side, and hitting the speaker button. It's *really* good at pronouncing English words with pronunciations that don't match their spelling, like town names. I'm yet to find an example of it getting it wrong. And English has *tonnes* of weirdly pronounced words. I'm a native speaker, and I need this. No one should feel bad about pronouncing a word incorrectly, it's proof that they read ❤
It's so nice to see you Steve
This comment needs more likes ( not mine but the comment I added to about Steve lol)
Corruption on the rise in Australia sadly
From this day forward it will be known as Booondaberg 😂
Really Enjoyed this Video.
Had a Wee Giggle every Time 'Boondaburg' was mentioned.
Loving the way Our American mate's Struggle with our Aussie Names.
But, Concrete..! Romans managed it, 2000yrs Ago & there are Roman Buildings standing Solid as Rock in Europe, to this Day..!?
But here in Oz, we Struggle making it Last a Decade or 3, before it starts falling to bits..!
Who got the Spare $$$ from the Unused Concrete that didn't go into that Mix..?
Fudge Guys, the Romans Can do Better than us Today..?
BONKERS..!
Enjoyable Vid, Thx for all your Work, Cobber..!
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BUN-DA-BERG (correct pronunciation)
I was at the dam last week. I grew up in the area and have actually found small pieces of gold over the past 40 years. The town I ended up living in has 79 people
Ive never heard Bundaberg get butchered so bad before. 🤣🤣🤣
Australian here with a pronunciation tip... it's not meant to sound like Boondaberg....
it's Bundaberg to sound like 'under'
IE: bun-da-berg
Have a great day y'all
The city of "Boonedeberg" is pronounced and spelled 'BUNDA BERG'
FAMOUS for Bundaberg Rum ((Bundy Rum), Southern Barrier Reef, Home for loggerhead and green sea turtles, graceful manta rays, and a home away from home for migrating humpback whales.
Just saying . I love your "Disguise." Your are my super kewl go to guy ❤
Good article, woeful coffee.
If not for the Bundaberg/boondeberg crowd, there would be 10 comments.
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No Whistle Blowing, that's a lifesaver.
Monster Truck Dam voice. "Booyah!"
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It's always the concrete! What about poor job skills in engineering and corruption in the politicians who make the deal!
just to be clear, all the damages and death that took place during the floods mentioned at the start, were not caused by the dame, if anything, the dame mediated the damage, so that it won't be as bad.
I'd agree with you except, from what i have heard they were emptying it during the flood event which unfortunately led to higher levels downstream(that caused possible deaths). But they had to empty it to stop a catastrophe if it failed.
It was an unfortunate and neccessary event that probably saved more lives though.
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well, those points were not made in the video, so I can didn't know; but yea, I agree
Poor Bundy copping it, "boondieberg" 💀
I always hit the like button my friend esp since i live in W.a i love your channel and the content :)
With the Multi billions found to effect the alternative energies. Maybe building more and better dams. Would be a greater contribution. Towards climate change. And a wi for communities
I had beers with the world recently and they were shocked about this dam.
the core samples showed the corruption of the construction. the aggregate used had way too much clay and not enough cement. The placement of the RCC was done improperly leaving faulty layers and poor adhesion. Management disregarding advice of expert brought in as this was the first RCC dam in Australia at the time
They skimped on foundation materials and expenditures . They didn't dig the foundation deep enough . A dams entire viability depends on the structural integrity of the foundation . You can NOT just build a dam on top of the existing geology . The dirt must be removed all the way to the bedrock or you will develop seepage and eventual structural failure .
for sure, that was obvious where the foundation rock was washed away, been involved in dam works, solid foundations are essential...
Bundaberg is in an area that has an average rainfall of around 1m a year. The average across all of Australia is 400mm. Bundaberg is also in a cyclone prone area and instead of 1m of rain in a year it may get as much as 250mm in a single day. This isn't a once in a 200 year event or once in 5000 years. That sort of rainfall is more like a once in a 10 year event.
Only 3 years to build it! That’s impressive.
The Bund in Bundeberg is pronounced like Married with Children - Al Bundy. They also make Rum Drinks - also nicknamed a Bundy.
I spent a week on the banks was drawn there from driving too many hrs in need of a rest . Paradise dam sounded great. This resent history needs to have a voice . Paradice my arse. What a scam. I never knew. Thanks for the info. Very informative indeed.
Boon-Der-Burg??? LMFAO.
lol - from Canberra
I like your new format, seems more natural.
I can't imagine that coffee tastes too good.
One correction. Dams are not typically designed to last for centuries. On the contrary, a 50 to 75-year design is probably the most common. We just expected them to be built to a higher standard.
as soon as i read the title before wawtching i knew it was paradise. i live close by and have been to the dam many times on my morotbike its an excellent ride out there
This fiasco was preventable, however, politics, finger-pointing, and unfounded accusations prevailed and the shit, eventually, hit the fan.. in a big way.
The loss of life, livelihoods, and infrastructure was mind-numbing.
On a slightly different note: It's pronounced "Bunda berg."
Top 10 , let's goo 🎉... big been watching every drop 😂
If it goes, it'll be a dam mess. Meet the new dam, same as the old dam!
They need to build it bigger than the original idea to allow for population growth
No they used the wrong cement gravel mix.
Which didn't allow the water into the centre so it didn't set to a solid wall.
@terryquarton2523 yeah I heard that and it won't be finished for another 5 years, so don't build it to the same original size build it bigger for population growth.
If flooding hurts your dam you need more dams. If retension ponds dams were enough on tribetarys you wouldnt get the flood
Worked on a major West Aussie dam in the 80s for 2 years, the quality control was very thorough, to this day the leakage is at, I think, 4 litres a minute :)
Boonderberg?? lol love this nonsense version, 100% a keeper
there is another cover up during construction. A lot of mercury was found in a pit from the gold mining process. It was dug up and buried on the downstream side of the dam, moved from the reservoir side. Was this new pit affected by the floods that came later
Good on you Pauline Hanson.
billions lost and no one will be held accountable as usual, another great democracy....
11:20 *Premier, not Prime Minister. People have already commented on the pronunciation of “Bundaberg”.
Note: be very very particular with concrete companies. Many big companies gip residential projects with leftover whatever concrete from some big commercial project. Aka, not the specific concrete you requested with special aggregates and additives. And make sure you are more than ready to go before time because you do not want to keep a concrete truck waiting to pour your foundation ever...
Check out the bridge over the Bowen river, downstream of Burdekin dam. It lasted 4 days... until the next rain. Because ..... the gubbermint cheaped out on the concrete. 4 years later, still NOTHING!
11:28 - Queensland has a Premier not a Prime minister.
Also - it is bun dee berg not boon dee berg.
@@DarylChambersnot even that. It’s bun-duh-burg
@@JillofAllTrades2 true - I was thinking Bundy - as in the Rum - which is more famous than its namesake anyway.
@@DarylChambersThere’s also Bundaberg ginger beer. The best! Used to find it in Kroger.
best mate was one of the batching plant managers who also built the Warralong Dam down there Beaudesert/ Boonah ... one of the minor inconsistencies of your story it wasn't there for 20 years (failure and realisation was almost immediate ) as it was not even finished technically and it was filled to over capacity within less than a day ( the dams are generally designed to fill to over 100% capacity in terms of storm mitigation this filled to 100% + the mitigation Reserve hence it had to be let go and let go in a hurry but it did continue to rain for the next week or so add couldn't let the water out quick enough not that that takes away from any of the corners that were allegedly cut construction ... company was Wagner's !
It wasnt the first RCC dam but maybe the first government RCC dam. RCC dams have been built for mining projects beforehand
just a quick unobtrusive pronunciation guide, its, Bun - da - berg. not boonderberg :)
Ikr I came to comment this too haha
Oh thanks I always pronounced it as boonder lol
Well your protest signs are cool.
The dam in Switzerland is way more complicated to build because of the small window for building as it gets very cold and snowy up there. They made some complicated cable installations to build it and in the autumn-early winter, they have to stop until next year.
Sometimes I really hate what Australia does. Trade Secret, hmph.
The U.S. doesn't have a problem with Dam failure. We have a problem with Dams being failed.
We can't build pumped hydro tunnels either, haha. 8 billion and counting. Don't get me started on our roads. Oak Flats has a beautiful elevated roundabout that only took 15 years or more to build. It worked ok, but the state government thought it worked too good so they decided to put some 70 year old technology into the mix, namely, traffic lights. Everyone but the government knows they are the no.1 cause of traffic jams. But wait for the best part. The Fed's now want to build nuclear power stations across the country. That should really get the party started.
This dam failing could cut us off from the world?? How?
Unobtrusive reminder that WA man is standing on the Byelomorye dam from Goldeneye, ready to bungie jump.
Just a couple of corrections,the federation 21:35 21:35 21:35 drought happened at the beginning of the 20th century and Queensland has a Premier, the prime minister is the leader of the Australian government.
Just going to type the same thing then saw your comment..... the dams not the only thing full of holes...😁😃🇦🇺
The Hover dam has worked for a long time, just copy what works, even I could figure that out & I’m not some hot shot engineer.
News Flash! 1/100 year events in massive Australia (ie the size of the USA), now happen every 10 years for the last 20+ years & seems set to continue!!!