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Nepean Dam Run

Start Date
March 20, 2022
Start Time
8:30 am
Location
Nepean Dam NSW 2574

Nepean Dam official address is: Avon Dam Rd, Bargo NSW 2574, you turn right at Nepean Dam Road.
Travel south down the Freeway towards Mittagong (possible stop at Pheasants Nest Servo – optional). Motor on to the top of Skyline (Catherine Hill). Deviate off to left ramp. Turn left and follow the Old Hume Highway back through Alpine, Yerrinbool, Yanderra to the T intersection at Remembrance Drive. Turn left off motorway towards Bargo, follow old highway to Nepean and Avon Dam railway bridge, turn right over the railway bridge and at the T intersection turn right towards Nepean Dam crossing over the Freeway. The Nepean Dam turn off is approximately 1 kilometre past the Freeway crossover. Turn right into the dam road to the second BBQ area on the left. Facilities include BBQs, toilets, under cover area, children’s playground. Wildlife can also be found there, and you can take a brisk or slow walk down to the dam area.
Nepean Dam collects water from a 320 square kilometre catchment of mostly pristine bushland on the Illawarra Plateau south of Sydney.
The Nepean Dam is a heritage-listed dam split across Avon in the Wingecarribee Shire and Bargo in the Wollondilly Shire, both in New South Wales, Australia.
Construction began: 1926
Elevation at crest: 325 metres (1,066 ft) AHD‎
Location: Avon Dam Road, Bargo‎, ‎New South Wales.
Sausage BBQ provided bring drinks and deserts.
Assemble at 8.30- depart at 9.00 am at Uncle Leo’s at the Crossroads, Casula arrive at Nepean Dam at 10.00am
Should have ample parking.