tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post5323099359601618616..comments2023-09-15T21:58:57.894+10:00Comments on Mark's Tasmanian Bush Blog: Gentle Annie Falls - Pipeline TrackMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17380216351005921687noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-41112658691518415392016-12-30T11:36:51.983+11:002016-12-30T11:36:51.983+11:00Better late than never! Interesting find there Dea...Better late than never! Interesting find there Dean. I'm assuming there's no sign of the mangling of Gentle Annie as reported by Michael.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380216351005921687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-22485063127190716962016-12-30T10:48:14.441+11:002016-12-30T10:48:14.441+11:00I apologize for coming in a day (er...8 1/2 years....I apologize for coming in a day (er...8 1/2 years...) late and a dollar short. I'm wrapping up my Tasmanian waterfall research for World Waterfall Database. Just yesterday, I read an old article found in a Tassie Newspaper archive that mentioned the accidental death. The victim was presumed to have suffered a heart attack as her autopsy found her lungs were not filled with water. The victim presumably fell into the water sluice and was pinned in a narrow shaft. The caretaker noticed the falls had stopped flowing one evening and the next day, the cause was discovered. My apologies for the morbid details.<br /><br />http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23762638Dean Gosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05227710479588860809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980511014742857454.post-71203974671576182152008-07-18T23:40:00.000+10:002008-07-18T23:40:00.000+10:00We were taken by our teacher to see this waterfall...We were taken by our teacher to see this waterfall in the mid '50s; I'm sure it was in full spate then. We were told that the falls were named after a young girl who had fallen into an open section of the pipeline and ended up mangled and shredded in the sinister hut near the road at the edge of the reservoir (now a picnic shelter). The brick "hut" was full of dark, seething, roiling, evil-looking water from the fall (so it MUST have been flowing strongly at the time). I was told this story more than 50 years ago. The horror of it has remained with me ever since. Was the teacher just spinning a yarn ? If so, thanks a bunch, "Seedy"; this is about all I have remembered from your English lessons !Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559993335630771099noreply@blogger.com