Love it. I remember watching the construction from our house back then. Also taking my first kayaking rounds there. Do they still have the recycling-regatta event there?
It was SO different then! Before the lake was built, I remember the creek being crystal clear as it crossed Maroondah hwy in Lilydale. It is NOT clean now!
Urban Fisho .. sorry mate, can't agree. I live there for 20 years, played in the creek when I was a kid. The water was never clear. It was always silty in normal times and very brown/red in flood time.
David Millsom Ok, just strange cos I DO recall it being very clear a few times when I was in Lilydale, back in my late teens before the lake was built. Not saying it WAS all the time, as I don't live in that area, but when I did see it, it was clean.
@@DavidMillsom what gives you the right to even comment you didn't even live in the area before the filthy lake was built the water used to be crystal clear you could see the bottom of the creek from hull road to the yarra river or ( Birmingham rd ) if you have lived in the area before the road names were changed it was amazing the amount of schools of fish that were in the creek most were Estuary Perch as there was hardly any carp back then even see eels they were a light color compared to the ones you see now any way my point is 27yrs in the area is nothing everyone i know has lived in the area for at least 35yrs or more a lot for 50+yrs
@@ruffnut743 1. This is a public forum so I, like anyone else, have a right to comment. 2. I lived in Lilydale between 1950 and 1967. 3. I visited the creek very often as a kid. 4. I particularly remember the time when the local pool was filled from the creek every summer (that was before the new, chlorinated pool was built ) I particularly remember that because I got an ear infection from it. That's why the local doctors lobbied the council to rebuild the pool. I cannot comment in the quality of the water at Swansea road because I don't recall checking it out there.
Before the lake the town centre used to be flooded after each heavy rain. Since then - NOTHING! The same lake is needed at Healesville, to stop floods in the Yarra valley downstream.
Floods like that used to be a 50 year event... now we have them every year and the lake is no longer able to hold the growning amount of water from flooding the township. Things have dramitically changed out here.
i enjoy the fruits of their endeavors on a weekly basis
Love it. I remember watching the construction from our house back then. Also taking my first kayaking rounds there. Do they still have the recycling-regatta event there?
Love the work site safety clothing... these days hi vis.... back then...dull looking cardigan. Good stuff
Weird....I have had home in Croydon since 1994, and I only discovered this lake about two years ago!! What a discovery!
It's a lot better than Ringwood Lake, that one is trash.
It was SO different then!
Before the lake was built, I remember the creek being crystal clear as it crossed Maroondah hwy in Lilydale.
It is NOT clean now!
Urban Fisho .. sorry mate, can't agree. I live there for 20 years, played in the creek when I was a kid. The water was never clear. It was always silty in normal times and very brown/red in flood time.
David Millsom
Ok, just strange cos I DO recall it being very clear a few times when I was in Lilydale, back in my late teens before the lake was built. Not saying it WAS all the time, as I don't live in that area, but when I did see it, it was clean.
@@DavidMillsom what gives you the right to even comment you didn't even live in the area before the filthy lake was built the water used to be crystal clear you could see the bottom of the creek from hull road to the yarra river or ( Birmingham rd ) if you have lived in the area before the road names were changed it was amazing the amount of schools of fish that were in the creek most were Estuary Perch as there was hardly any carp back then even see eels they were a light color compared to the ones you see now any way my point is 27yrs in the area is nothing everyone i know has lived in the area for at least 35yrs or more a lot for 50+yrs
@@ruffnut743 1. This is a public forum so I, like anyone else, have a right to comment.
2. I lived in Lilydale between 1950 and 1967.
3. I visited the creek very often as a kid.
4. I particularly remember the time when the local pool was filled from the creek
every summer (that was before the new, chlorinated pool was built ) I particularly
remember that because I got an ear infection from it. That's why the local doctors
lobbied the council to rebuild the pool.
I cannot comment in the quality of the water at Swansea road because I don't recall
checking it out there.
Interesting. Do you happen to remember which years and where along the creek?
I have been there. It is a nice country park.
Before the lake the town centre used to be flooded after each heavy rain. Since then - NOTHING! The same lake is needed at Healesville, to stop floods in the Yarra valley downstream.
Lilydale fooods all teh time, mate. The weatehr has changed from 50 year floods to floods every year.
Good to know Melbourne always had unpredictable weather!
It's probably been like that since settlement.
Floods like that used to be a 50 year event... now we have them every year and the lake is no longer able to hold the growning amount of water from flooding the township. Things have dramitically changed out here.
The area has been assed out not grassed
The facial hair could have held back floods
My thought too. The "porn star 'tache" was big back then.
Well not quite as planned. Reeds clogging the lake, water quality very poor, wouldn't eat anything caught in the lake.