Aquacave

coothatower · 09 Jul 2013, 2:57 pm

I have been trying to find Aquacae for ages i think i finally found it, it this the entrance? http://imgur.com/zLZi9y0
Thanks for any help, its under a overpass near ***** street

Scarecrow · 09 Jul 2013, 5:04 pm

Best way to find out is to head up there. Go good explorer.

Spades · 09 Jul 2013, 7:01 pm

I've tried to find the entrance to this when I was up there. You may need a manhole key

coothatower · 09 Jul 2013, 8:43 pm

So theres another way in further up the drain? could you open the manhole from the inside?

Moose · 09 Jul 2013, 9:23 pm

Thats it..

I wouldn't recommend entering there though.

coothatower · 09 Jul 2013, 9:57 pm

oh why not?

Spades · 10 Jul 2013, 6:24 pm

Isn't it in a quiet laneway tho? I was there at like 2am and was pissed off I didn't bring a manhole key

Moose · 10 Jul 2013, 10:44 pm

coothatower wrote:oh why not?

It can be very deep, and its tidal (obviously). I'd be looking for a manhole if I was you.

In saying that, if you really want to enter via the outfall, go for it!

Nuggs · 11 Jul 2013, 7:20 am

Check tide times, but in normal conditions the outfall is not submerged.
Though at high tide you'd be swimming!

coothatower · 11 Jul 2013, 10:09 am

Ah ok thanks guys, it did look quite deep. I got a couple of waders so were planing to go a bit before low tide to be safe.

Barnz · 11 Jul 2013, 1:22 pm

Smart thinking, with tidal drains i generally go an hour before low tide so i have a couple of hours "safe time". That is unless you like swimming in winter.

Spades · 11 Jul 2013, 2:55 pm

erghhh tidal drains suckkk. Most of the immediate Brissy drains are tidal and caused heaps of probs when I went out late at night, smack bang on high tide haha.

coothatower · 11 Jul 2013, 6:12 pm

Yes thats what im planning i dont fancy going for a swim in that water at night

coothatower · 13 Jul 2013, 11:27 pm

Thanks for your advice everybody I went in today at low tide it was great

Were any of you in there today or yesterday there were footprints in the mud, looks like vans or connies based on the tread.

Barnz · 14 Jul 2013, 10:40 am

I seen your footprints in the mud too! Must of only just missed you as your prints hadent been washed away by the tide yet. Yes aydun wore vans! We walked downstream where the rock turns into concrete again and met tidal water and turned around.

coothatower · 14 Jul 2013, 5:16 pm

Ah ok cool I didn't know where else to enter so we went in at the outflow, where did you go in at? it wasn't to deep because of the low tide but we still wore our waders to avoid getting wet. We only had two pairs but there were three of us so had to carry him for the first hundred meters or so through the water. Oh yeah and someone had stashed a bag of about 15 half used tealight candles on the roof of the drain know why?

Dynamite · 14 Jul 2013, 5:32 pm

You'll find that the candles are used to add lighting effects to photos. You've probably seen them in drain pics before, especially in the longer exposure shots.

Barnz · 14 Jul 2013, 8:23 pm

How far did you walk up?

coothatower · 14 Jul 2013, 9:14 pm

Whats the furthest any of you have go in there? where does it go?
heres some photos to http://imgur.com/a/GY7Q7

Abe · 21 Aug 2013, 8:50 pm

Keep walking....Find out!!!

coothatower · 21 Aug 2013, 9:13 pm

good idea, im planing to make another trip soon, maybe even this weekend to find out where it goes.

Pussinboots · 22 Aug 2013, 12:30 pm

We got as far as the waterfall, next time going to take something to aid climb up into next section, but it hasn't rained for ages so shouldn't be much water going down now

I heard it used to link with Toadie before clem 7?

Barnz · 22 Aug 2013, 1:43 pm

I was gonna ziptie some milk crates together to make steps.

And yes it did join toadie before the i.c.b.
it may still link but i cant get past the "fridge", ill post pic when i find it.

Barnz · 22 Aug 2013, 1:55 pm

Im skinny and probally could get past it but for safety reasons ive never tried. I believe it went to toadie birdcage. Korrekt me if im wrong.

coothatower · 22 Aug 2013, 2:35 pm

When i saw that fridge i wandered what it was for, its got some water in it but it looked like you could sneak past.