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What lies beneath Lake Jindabyne?
The Canberra Times
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3/6/2025
Beneath Lake Jindabyne’s surface lies the submerged town of old Jindabyne, including the ruins of the Truss Bridge. Tim the Yowie Man dives into the mysteries to uncover the secrets of this aquatic time capsule.
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Lake Jindabyne is currently only about half full, the lowest it's been for many years.
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The water level is so low that parts of the old town, flooded in 1967 as part of the snowy hydro scheme,
00:14
are beginning to emerge, including these steps to the former Catholic church that stood atop a hill in old Jindabyne
00:22
until it was demolished ahead of the filling of the lake.
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Now there's a long-standing story that the church spire was left standing, but as you can see, that's just a myth.
00:35
All that's left is some rubble and these steps.
00:39
So what else lurks under the water of Lake Jindabyne?
00:44
According to cave diver Sean Elliott, quite a lot.
00:47
And he should know, for he's undertaken over 10 dives into the lake's murky depths.
00:53
One of Sean's favourite dive sites is the former truss bridge that carried traffic across the snowy river for over 70 years,
01:01
or at least what's left of the bridge.
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With the old town moved to higher ground and the lake filling, in June 1967, just before the bridge was submerged,
01:11
the army blew it up as part of a training exercise.
01:16
The explosion left three platypus stunned, which were rescued and luckily relocated by a local.
01:23
Today, on the bottom of the lake, if you know where to look, like Sean does,
01:27
you can still see the splintered remains or ruins of that bridge.
01:34
Sean and his diving mates have also logged several dives on old homesteads,
01:39
including Sunnybrae, where they looked down old chimneys,
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peeked through its open windows and swam through the former kitchen.
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Check out that old Canberra-branded wood stove.
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It really is another world down there, a former town submerged forever in an aquatic time capsule.
02:00
Who knows what else may emerge if water levels continue to recede.
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