Gallery of log for Jetty, Wharf or Pier.
Lismore, NSW
The area along the bank here used to be a major stop for trade and timber shipping down to the sea at Ballina. Now it's just a dirty looking jetty that people who are desperate to cool off slip into the river at, and some pop a water vessel like a kayak in at. It is tidal here. Om above sea level. Lower at low tide. Much higher in flood.
The water is rising again. One section is under and another not far off. More storms on the way too. I can hear thunder in the distance as I type. Just so long as it isn't too much upstream from Lismore. I know it makes sense to build shops and what not as close to a port of sorts as possible, but in a known flood prone area? How silly was that! Can you imagine the arguments in meetings about it. I know there would have been people against it. Just not loud enough to be heard perhaps.
The area along the bank here used to be a major stop for trade and timber shipping down to the sea at Ballina. Now it's just a dirty looking jetty that people who are desperate to cool off slip into the river at, and some pop a water vessel like a kayak in at. It is tidal here. Om above sea level. Lower at low tide. Much higher in flood.
The water is rising again. One section is under and another not far off. More storms on the way too. I can hear thunder in the distance as I type. Just so long as it isn't too much upstream from Lismore. I know it makes sense to build shops and what not as close to a port of sorts as possible, but in a known flood prone area? How silly was that! Can you imagine the arguments in meetings about it. I know there would have been people against it. Just not loud enough to be heard perhaps.
