Gammons waterholes

[mikethepike]

Hi! I'm headed up to the central Gammons next week with a Brisbane friend to scatter his Dad's ashes (his Dad and I were bushwalking teammates) and wonder if anyone has been there during this or last year and if so, if there was any water at Junction Waterhole? Given the ongoing lack of rain in the area, Rover and Sambot are almost certain to be dry and I suspect that the normally far more reliable Junction WH will also be dry. Any help here greatly appreciated. With no response or if Junction is also dry, then a big water carry will be required. Thanks and cheers, Mike

[vagrom]

Try Adelaide Bushwalkers perhaps via their good website. Old-timers like JB may know people who know others. ( Below: A page from Adrian Heard's 1990 book )
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... BQr3YVcWei

[mikethepike]

Thanks vagrom for your response and that info and which I am familiar with. I think that the situation might be a bit different these days due to the high number of low rainfall years in the last 25 years. McKinley Springs seems to me to be more often dry than not these days and more broadly, Tee Junction Waterhole on Arkaroola and the unnamed waterhole at the western entrance to Mt Chambers Gorge both dried up for a first time in anyone's memory, in 2020. When I return from the Gammons, I will have the full data from the Rover Rockhole log book on the times that the RH has been dry and will then update the existing such data and give a full report here. Thanks for stirring me up on that!