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Captains Flat and Surrounds

• The Drive To Captains Flat
  a guide to a “tourist drive” which will take you from Queanbeyan through The Flat and to Lowden Forest Park and on to Braidwood. Some of the information is out of date.
  http://www.visitqueanbeyan.com.au/scenic-drives
   
• Wikipedia
  Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia with a large entry on Captains Flat and numerous links to related information.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captains_Flat%2C_New_South_Wales

• Mills Cross Radio Telescope
  Of interest locally is the Mills Cross Radio Telescope, operated by the University of Sydney, and located near Hoskinstown, just off the Captains Flat Road from Queanbeyan.
  http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/astrop/most/
  http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/newsletter/oct01/focus_hist.htm
  http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Mills.html
   

• Local Husky breeders and landowners
  Most of the Mine site is a private residence and the property is called Mikulov. The residents breed, train and exhibit Siberian Huskies and have been doing so for 14 years.
  http://www.mikulov.org/
   

• Tourism
  commercial tourism site, with some out of date information.
  http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-factsheet/captains-flat-20081113-5ypb.html
   

• Detailed amateur Travel Guide to Captains Flat http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Australia_and_Oceania/Australia/State_of_New_South_Wales/Captains_Flat-1878400/TravelGuide-Captains_Flat.html
   

• Webpage of Ed Whalan locally resident professional photographer
   
• A very interesting homage to the Captains Flat Road
   
• Local photographer Brooke Lenon's  exhibition at the National Museum and website [seems to be gone but her Facebook page is here
   
• Captains Flat Railway Line entry on Wikipedia
   
• National Library of Australia archive of newspaper articles
   
• April 2009 newspaper article on Captains Flat
   
• Details of Ballallaba Springs Motocross park (pdf file)
   

• Statistics
  This is the location of information from the 2006 Census. It is free. There were just under 450 people living in Captains Flat on Census night 2006.
  Detailed stats from the 2011 Census are not yet released for Captains Flat village, but are for the area (postcode I think) - link here http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC10460  NOTE THAT THESE TWO SETS OF STATISTICS CANNOT BE COMPARED AS THEY RELATE TO DIFFERENT AREAS.
   

• Gold!
  A brief history of the gold-mining in Captains Flat. I can't vouch for its accuracy but it's an entertaining read:
  http://www.gold-net.com.au/archivemagazines/oct99/62294864.htm#9
  
  Recently exploration for gold and other resources has commenced again by Ironbark Gold
   

• Captains Flat Primary School
  Some basic information about the primary school here and a much more detailed and interesting website here.
   

• Railways
  This site has information on the railway line from Captains Flat to Bungendore, as well as photos of the line, including the Captains Flat end and at Hoskinstown. Oddly, there are no photos of the station – as it is now a private residence you can’t just go and see it for yourself, so it’s disappointing that there are no photos publicly available (on the web at least). There is an embryonic plan to turn the railway line into a cycle trail between Bungendore and Captains Flat. It is to be hoped that the infrastructure will remain undamaged just in case trains ever have a chance of running again.
  http://www.nswrail.net/lines/show.php?name=NSW:captains_flat
   

• War Memorials
  a site dedicated to War memorials has a page about the Captains Flat memorial.
  http://www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au/details.cfm?MemNo=57 or  http://www.ozhistorymine.com/html/captains_flat_war_memorial.html
   

• Captains Flat Cemetery
  Local cemeteries are well indexed on the internet.
  
  The Captains Flat cemetery is detailed at http://www.australiancemeteries.com/nsw/yarrowlumla/captflat.htm , and other local cemeteries can be found listed at http://www.australiancemeteries.com/nsw/index.htm if you know their names. Examples are Carwoola, Jerangle and Hoskinstown.
   

• House Prices
  And for those of you addicted to watching the real estate market, check out Allhomes.
  http://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/ah0069?lstype=res&divid=20071 and commercial properties for sale
  http://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/ah0069?lstype=com&divid=20071
   

• Jerangle Public School
  http://www.jerangle.ps.education.nsw.gov.au/index.htm
   

• Documents about nearby national parks
  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/fmpFinalTinderryText.pdf
  
  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomfinaltinderry.pdf
  
  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/PoMYanununbeyanNPetal.pdf
  
  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/parkmanagement/EscarpmentParksMgmtplanDraft.htm

• The Bushlands of Mt Foxlow-Harrisons Peak - A Preliminary Ecological Assessment (1998)
  http://www.molonglocatchment.com.au/members_pages/carwoola/Foxrport.pdf
   

• The Flora of South East Yarrowlumla (1997) (incorporates the Captains Flat area)
  http://www.molonglocatchment.com.au/members_pages/carwoola/SE%20Yarrow.pdf

Weather, environment etc.

• Bureau of Meteorology
  The Captains Flat weather radar site. Actually located on Mount Cowangerong, this page makes for quite interesting viewing if you know how to interpret a radar picture.
  http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR403.shtml
   

• Captains Flat rainfall history

• Molonglo River Flow Data
  Flow data for the Molonglo River. The measuring device is above the waterfall, which is upriver from the Captains Flat dam. If this meter is registering a flow, then the dam is recharging.

   

  http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/drr/murrumbidgee.shtml  for the last week of data (see fifth line of the table, Molonglo River at Kobada)

   

  or

   

  real time graphs and other data Direct link http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/water.shtml?ppbm=41000208&rs&1&rslf_org

  or
  start at http://waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/

  - then click on “real time data rivers and streams” 

  - click on the + beside “real time data rivers and streams””

  - click on the + beside “410 – Murrumbidgee River basin”

  - click on the + beside “41000208 – Molonglo River at Kobada”

  - you can then click on the thumbnail charts for more info.
  Note that the flow meter is above the Captains Flat waterfall. It does not measure water flowing into the dam or the river below the dam from sources other than the Molonglo River - there are many non-permanent creeks and gullies which do so when it rains heavily.
   

• Local rainfall
  http://www.weatherzone.com.au/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=70016&list=rb shows monthly and daily rainfall for Captains Flat.
   

• Molonglo river (and other nearby rivers) water quality
  http://www.molonglocatchment.com.au/monitoring_results.htm

Eating and accommodation

• Captains Flat Hotel
  A couple of pages about the Captains Flat Hotel. The information is out of date now that the hotel has new proprietors. You can eat at the pub most evenings and weekends. It also has lovely accommodation.
  www.flathotel.com.au
  See also: Captains Flat Attractions - Captains Flat Hotel

Local organisations

• Rural Fire Service
  Captains Flat Rural Fire Brigade.

Local Media

• Captains Flat Telegraph
  a free newspaper for the town, also available online.
  http://www.captainsflat-tele.org
   
• The Bungendore Mirror
  despite its name, is distributed throughout the western part of the Palerang Shire , including Captains Flat. Its website contains the current issue, page by page in .pdf format or in one file. It also contains contact details for the newspaper should you wish to contact them to advertise or for any other reason.
  http://www.bungendoremirror.com.au
   
• The Palerang Bulletin
  Distributed shire-wide, new website at www.palerangbulletin.com.au.
   
• The Braidwood Times
  Published in Braidwood and is a subsidiary of the Canberra Times. http://braidwood.yourguide.com.au/
   

• The Tussock Times
  is an A4 Newsletter circulating in the Anembo-Jerangle-Peak View area (South of Captains Flat).
   

• The Queanbeyan Age
  Includes coverage of issues in the Palerang shire area, and is also a sister paper of the Canberra Times. http://queanbeyan.yourguide.com.au/
   

Other nearby places and community associations

• Carwoola aka Stoney Creek
  Carwoola Community Association's website
   
• Braidwood
  Braidwood has a strong presence on the internet, being a popular tourist destination especially for passing traffic from Canberra to the coast and back. Braidwood’s Community Association, BRASS, does not currently have a website. An example of Braidwood's internet presence and strong community can be found at its Historical Society http://www.braidwoodmuseum.org.au/  with a museum, a Film Club operating in the old theatre, and an arts group - BRAG http://www.bragart.com.au/ and so on.
  
  Braidwood Tourism is at www.visitbraidwood.com.au/ - a very comprehensive source of information about the area.
   
• Bungendore
  A similar source of information about Bungendore and its surrounds is http://www.bungendore.info.  Bungendore is a lively town which lies on the King's Highway east of Canberra, and on the way to the coast. Like Braidwood (45km further east) it enjoys much trade from the tourist traffic, and day-trippers from Canberra. It is also a commuter town for Canberra, and some say that as it is effectively a suburb, it has a less cohesive community than one might expect. The Bungendore Residents Group - http://www.bungendorevillage.org.
   
• Landcare
  The Shoalhaven Landcare site has links to numerous Landcare groups in the area, just East of Captains Flat - www.shoalhaven-landcare.asn.au
   
• Bywong
  Bywong Community Association has an excellent website. It can be found at http://www.bywongcommunity.org.au.  Bywong is a rural residential community north of Bungendore, and host to a very large car boot sale held annually in March. (See their website for more details).
   
• Wamboin
  Wamboin Community Association also has a very professional website here.

• Burra
  Over the hills, but not very far away as the crow flies, is the rural residential area of Burra, with a very slick website for its community association.
   
• Majors Creek
  Majors Creek is a sleepy little town, probably Captains Flat's nearest neighbour, about 35km to our east. It has an annual, much-respected folk music festival in November. The website is http://www.musicatthecreek.com/ and a more general website here http://www.majorscreek.org.au/

Links to other community associations in the region will be added when provided to the webmaster, or as he finds them.

Government

• Local Government
  Early in 2004, the part of Yarrowlumla Shire containing Captains Flat and Bungendore was merged with Tallaganda Shire, which was centred around Braidwood. This new shire is named Palerang Council. Information about the shire is available from the council's website - http://www.palerang.nsw.gov.au.  Palerang is a distinctive mountain close to the geographic centre of the council area.
   
• State Government
  The Capital Region Development Board is a joint initiative of the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory governments, and their website is at http://www.capitalregion.org.au.
   

General Information

• Route Finder
  http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp is a route-finder, for finding your way from or to Captains Flat. Another routefinder can be found here.

Downloads

Captains Flat on Google Earth Download the kmz file here.