Eucumbene Alpine web camera a hit
by NSW Maritime on 4 Nov 2010
Eucumbene Alpine Web Camera a Hit NSW Maritime
http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au
NSW Maritime switched on the 16th web camera on NSW waterways just prior to this year’s trout fishing season, allowing boaters to view live boating conditions at Lake Eucumbene.
It seems the camera – the first to be installed to assist inland boaters – is a hit with more than 10,000 boaters logging on to view conditions on the waterway in the first four weeks of operation. This placed it in the top five pages most viewed on the NSW Maritime website.
The camera has been installed to assist people planning a trip on Lake Eucumbene to assess the conditions before even leaving home.
With the new boating season underway, it is a good time to remind people about the availability of webcams on our waterways to assist in safe boating.
Alongside the direct feed to the Lake Eucumbene camera on the NSW Maritime website is key weather information including wind, temperature and a link to water level data.
NSW Maritime is currently providing web cameras in coastal locations of Coffs Harbour; Narooma; Port Macquarie; Shoal Bay, Port Stephens; Tweed Heads; Manning River, Harrington; Swansea; Sussex Inlet; Moruya Heads; Merimbula Lake; Bermagui; Brunswick River; Richmond River, Ballina; Clarence River, Yamba; Nobby’s Beach, Newcastle.
Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains is 1200 metres above sea level. The dam – which was completed in 1958 – holds around nine times the volume of Sydney Harbour.
Fishing, sailing, canoeing and water-skiing are all popular at Lake Eucumbene.
The camera footage can be found
here
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