ALLANS FLAT WATERHOLE
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David Reid, and his family, first settled the Allans Flat area in 1845, with gold being discovered a few years later. The ‘gold digger’ era ran from the 1850s through to the 1890s, when the big alluvial gold mining operations began, finally petering out in 1904.
Allans Flat is to the north-west of Yackandandah, and the Allans Flat Waterhole provides a popular, albeit, small paddling venue.
There is a formal roadway leading to the lakeshores, with picnic areas and a toilet block being provided. This is a popular fishing, paddling and swimming venue that manages to keep most of its water, even in the longest of droughts.
Take care if you go swimming here; this is deep, and mostly cool, water - a good place for strong swimmers, but not the average.
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