Today, the 'missus' drove me to the Wellington Dam, another 60-70 kms South of Bunbury, Western Australia, for NO other reason
that the power was off at home, after some dick-head crashed into a local power pole... "No computer... Internet... O.M.G. !!!"

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It really is surprising how much we rely on power for not only the obvious, but for entertainment... Going to be off for up to 10 hours...)
At the bottom of this Dam, there is an Outlet, that is blasting
24 hrs a day all year round, unlike some dams that have limited timed/moderated
'Over-Spills'. I couldn't help thinking that SURELY there could have been a relatively simple
Electrical Turbine attached, that could have fed at
least a hundred or 2 hundred homes in the numerous square-miles around this country area!!... or fed back into the 'Grid' as per homes these days!!!


Anyway... somewhat removed from all that, the local Townships/Shires/Governments SINCE then, had paid 1.6 Million Dollars for numerous Murals to
be painted throughout the local townships. Today, this Dam looks like this!!... with huge murals painted on it, by one guy...

It was/(is!) a sight to behold, but I could not help remembering when I worked in Tasmania, and the Massive dams, and underground power-stations,
where they had no option except for Hydro power!! Funnily enough, we might 'Think' of 'Hydro' as 'Free', but the logistics and complex infrastructure
of it all, resulted in REAL costs typical of most generic Power creation technologies. 'Their' limit was just getting 'Fuel' there!!
