Yambulla is productive but only working the creeks.
You also need to consider trees often falling across the roads blocking access.
Otherwise it is a nice drive.
Forestry knocks the hell out the place when they harvest. It's like a WWI landscape.
I did the map. Not sure about access anymore. It may be leased to a farmer now. There is gold in the diggings and no water. You can see where some hydraulic mining was done. Gold is rather chunky but water is a problem. I used to pan after heavy rain. Sapphires down in the gully near the road...
Just read the 2016 Mining Act and i don't see where it states high bankers are banned.
Looks like it isn't legally there based on the legislation. It's legally questionable.
Lots of clay on the Bendoc diggings themselves that makes it near impossible for panning but what you do find is chunky so maybe a SDC would be good to use.
Went to Woolshed area yesterday to run the high banker. Lots of erosion of the river banks due to the recent heavy water flow.
Some large trees have fallen in as well.
At the Wandiligong Nut Festival this year there were 2 guys with a stand on the history of the goldfields including a book with current maps of exactly where to prospect and some wash to pan.
I bought the book and it is great with locations around Bright and where you can go. I'll post the name...
Reedy Creek takes a little getting used to. Unlike Far South Coast NSW and Tassie there is a lot of fine gold in the creek itself.
Tassie was more about working patches of good diggings the old timers missed. (Older alluvials).
Reedy would be even better if you could sink shafts or do major...
There's plenty of gold around.
Lisle my favourite but West coast has the nuggets that one the members doing well with.
Sapphires also are great on the Weld river.