To be dammed!

We'll be dammed if this folio looks anything like the Junction Dam & Spillway, in Bogong Village!

The Kiewa hydroelectric scheme is the largest scheme in Victoria, and was built over more than 20 years from the late 1930s until 1961.

Construction was said only to be interrupted by the Second World War.

Located in the Australian Alps in north-eastern Victoria, about 200km from Melbourne, the scheme has been developed solely for power generation.

The scheme diverts and harnesses the Rocky Valley and Pretty Valley branches of the East Kiewa River, which rises on the Bogong High Plains, and the West Kiewa River, which rises near Mount Hotham.

The Kiewa scheme utilises the water from some 310 square kilometres of the Kiewa River catchment. In addition, 32km of aqueducts transfer water to the scheme from adjacent catchments, with much of the water coming from snow, which covers the area for up to five months each year.

For those of you that haven't visited the area, we definitely recommend you stop in on your way to Falls Creek. Beautiful gardens, bbq's for a picnic and a slow, peace pace make this Village a must see - not to mention great photo opportunites!

Wandering down the steep slope to the base of the dam, we went off the beaten track to capture these quite unusual perspectives.

Surrounded by masses of granite, it was interesting to examine the common white variety, was surrounded by black, also pink and dark gray.

As I explored the ground, looking for rare gems of nature, I kept one eye on Oliver who fearlessly sat a few metres perched on a boulder, face on to the dam wall.

Looking at him quite content there, I began to wonder had he considered that on the other side was a lake filled with megalitres of water!