Wilson Inlet Bar Opening 2020

[@russs7574]

1:44 Annnnnnd there she goes!! I may be a senior citizen now, but this resonates with that 8 year old self that's still somewhere inside. My friends and I spent many a summer afternoon doing something like this on a much smaller scale at a little creek near our neighborhood. I can still hear my Mom , "Shoes off! Side door! Straight to the basement and into the shower! If you think you're tracking all that in here, young man......." She'll be 94 in a couple months, and still relatively healthy for someone that age...and definitely still active. God bless her.

[@charleslloyd4253]

Your usual municipal project. One man working and a half dozen supervising.

[@christhomas4260]

Yep 8 utes on site 8 blokes doing nothing . Money well spent

[@jacksonwilliams5694]

I know you mean well but like what happens if something actually goes wrong mate XD? Just think about it hahaha

[@charleslloyd4253]

@@jacksonwilliams5694 Yeh more people get hurt or killed. Just think about it.

[@jacksonwilliams5694]

I'm sure in the spirit of humans something you clearly are not that each would have a significant role whether it be to deal with people like you or call the correct authorities to come help. It all can't be done by one super strong male like you cause in the end you'd probably turn to a blubbering baby if stuck in a bit of mud ;)

[@charleslloyd4253]

@@jacksonwilliams5694 When working in dangerous situations. The fewer people exposed to that danger. The better. I suppose one of the people standing around was a safety officer. Who was in charge of the watch to keep track of the tide.

[@Deadchez]

The things u happen to watch while your stoned 🤣

[@Michelle-ce1qh]

YUP

[@28704joe]

It's the music

[@thomascraven220]

Just realized I'm sitting here stoned lol

[@lonestar1775]

Yuppppp

[@cheif10thumbs]

Whut?

[@aaront3419]

Teacher: What do you want to do when you grow up? Me: I want to make water not as high.

[@caahacky]

Next year please show us some shots of the shoreline in the inlet after the release.

[@thePhished]

"Isnt it better to build some sort of permanent runoff?" naaah m8 just get jim down here tell him to bring the digger, we got a fakin hole to dig

[@o.walker1370]

Tides would probably buried it in sand so this would likely be the easiest way.

[@SA-5247]

Diggah*

[@davidcarpenter9232]

You can tell that operator been there and done that before ... good job !!! I live down here in Florida ,,, my dad was an engineer for the city of Jacksonville ... I know them people needed that ... good job ,,, well done !!! thanks ... Dave

[@Demicron]

Duuuuvaal lol

[@gl0dy]

Why doesn't it just stay open? How exactly grows the sandbank?

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Wave action deposits sand....blocking the outlet......year after year...last 100 years.....

[@gregd6706]

So if you have waterfront property with a dock what does this do? Does it just "beach your boat?

[@lcarus42]

The fishing for the next day or two would be phenomenal just off shore.

[@rattywoof5259]

I suppose once the water levels have equalised it's not hard to close the gap up again?

[@dougaltolan3017]

They dont close the gap, sand moving about (long shore drift) does that.

[@MrJimbaloid]

Where is this ? anybody.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Denmark, Western Australia.

[@cptpharket9701]

just watched the bar opening in 2017 didnt think it would take too long to slit up again

[@jenson1569]

they probably do it every year, just not every year its recorded.

[@AirRaidBaby]

What part of the Planet Earth is the Wilson Inlet (Wilson River??) Do you know there are hundreds of places this could be. A simply detailing of the place would have be a good idea.

[@iantojones8021]

you saw the end credits? checked the channel informations? it's pretty easy to find out where it is!

[@shawnverbree8740]

Do they do this every year?

[@jenson1569]

very likely they do

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Last 100 years...only when there is enough rainfall to push through does the sand bank get cut naturally.....

[@Arashi.79]

What I do when I play with my pool on the sand at the beach

[@Sennmut]

The outflowing water looks like it has alot of tannic acid in it. Why the discoloration?

[@caitlinbee8948]

My guess is the tannins from the decaying vegetation leaching into the water.

[@RiverFunsies]

What is the viz for diving? Looks to be about 6ft....nvm it just changed to 0ft. No spearfishing today

[@sekoser]

Post10 would do it with a rake!

[@docenti_wiki]

*What is it for? Where is the video description? о_О*

[@andremaduro1653]

look at the 2017 video ,they have the description there ,its somewhere in australia

[@andremaduro1653]

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[@swagman6611]

To control flooding in the low lying areas

[@huskypilot6305]

I can’t believe that they feel the need to use the excavator. A few friends and I did this many times in the eighties, a hand width trench is all you need and keep your board at the ready 🏄‍♂️

[@reddymon]

You are so right. That excavator operator must be paid by the hour. I was looking at him digging that pit and thinking why is he making it thirty feet wide? The width of the bucket would have been plenty.

[@huskypilot6305]

John Walsh thanks for understanding. let the water do the work. The narrower the trench, the deeper the cut will be in the end

[@teamidris]

@@huskypilot6305 I figure they hire it by the day? I watched the 2017 one as well. . . I have no life :o)

[@dasun13]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnexfXeOfbdqZs0 looks like what you used to do in th eighties

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Digging at an angle protects the channel from wave action that is dumping sand back into the channel and trying to block it up. As the channel deepens through scouring action that overwhelms the wave action.......

[@ptb2007]

the reason no one is surfing this here in Australia is that its a local government project and you need to wear a Hi Vis jacket and do a site induction and hold a white card.

[@afc358]

Interesting factoid: The water actually travels uphill to get to the sea. It's because of the Moon.

[@scottgrattan1919]

How long does it generally take to close up again after opening? How long after opening is it safe (ish) to walk/wade across?

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

What makes you think it's going to close up again

[@scottgrattan1919]

...because they open it once or twice every year. You can find multiple videos of it being re-opened.

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

@@scottgrattan1919Well, I guess a sand bar that large there probably wouldn't be enough current of tide flow to keep it open because some once their opened they never close because the rip tides keep it open.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@AngloSaxon-yx8tk Wave action actually deposits sand and thereby blocks the opening creating the sandbar....for last 100 years....

[@KAT-ew9wz]

why does this get done, or need to happen in the first place? Could there be a short description next time to explain why for those like me who find this interesting, but have been randomly recommended it by youtube and would like to know more?

[@r.awilliams9815]

Short answer-The river dries up during the summer, and the ocean waves deposit sand at the mouth of the river, blocking it. During the wet season, the river fills up and becomes a lake. Most rivers are left to breach by themselves, but when the rising water threatens human habitations and businesses, they send out an excavator to dig a channel and drain the flooded areas.

[@iainhubbard72]

Greetings from scotland! Do they open the bar every year?

[@Cchogan]

Aye! Pints of Heavy for all!! (Wrong kind of bar?)

[@iansmartel5473]

@@Cchogan No Malt on sale?

[@davidcarpenter9232]

Yup ...

[@davidcarpenter9232]

@Current Batches so cool

[@mamatboy84]

May I know what is the function of this inlet / opening?

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Relief from flooding in the rainy season....

[@DanielRichards644]

why not permanently install a culvert below the beach allowing the water levels to always equalize?

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

I think that's what's happened and the tide back flows into the estuary

[@cab63868386]

call me crazy but i would love it if they recorded the whole thing the many hours worth of it breaking thru on the first day and just upload as is no editing it down to 3 minutes. though i realise this might not happen for practical reasons

[@weepingscorpion8739]

What is this background song called? - Great video.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Read description...

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@JohnSmith-pl2bk Dang it... I must have looked and subsequently look right past it. *facepalm* Thank you!

[@WestOfEarth]

It seems this procedure is done annually. But why? Why not leave a channel open to the ocean year round?

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

Because during the summer the river flow is much less, and the ocean pushes a LOT of sand back up on the area. In effect, it's the opposite of what you are seeing here.

[@WestOfEarth]

@@5thGenNativeTexan thanks

[@manoliman3065]

Can you put the Wilson bar opening of 2017 back in you post please don’t what happened to it, was there yesterday thanks

[@TomasAWalker53]

I just watched it a few minutes ago.

[@markmayfield2228]

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[@alexanderclarke8449]

I want this done by hand!

[@ClaimOfRightMuso]

Video says 'Water level: 1.17m above sea level'.. I want to see 'before and after' levels of the water from the perspective of, say, the roadside. I want to see what 1.17m (almost 4') looks like when that much water has left the sides of the lake - just the wee boy in me.

[@timtutiul1737]

Why’s this being done can anyone explain what’s going on ???? Thx

[@thefishylife6823]

I think it's a natural occurrence in many parts of the world where you have excessive rainfall that swells river mouths...on occasion we humans help the river break thru Because of flooding up river , it's a really cool example of the power of water and erosion ,it cuts thru sand like nothing!!! But this is ultimately millions of gallons of freshwater dumping into the sea to prevent flooding from swollen river mouths that get backed up from bends and corners of the river .... hopefully that makes sense... LoL

[@ramdas363]

@@thefishylife6823 It's a natural occurrence, that's why an excavator is needed. Rivers don't know how to flow properly anymore and need "help" from humans. That makes a lot of sense and it's so nice of those people to help out. Btw there's a river that's blocked with cement near my home, should I also take an excavator and break the dam?

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

Why is it called an inlet, and the colour of the water suggests it's raw sewidge or industrial waste. Anyone willing to clarify?

[@johnfoster3286]

More likely biological growth in the water. Still water goes shiity brown naturally, thats why (in the UK at least) water is circulated by pumping into the air in some of the smaller water storage reservoirs. Keep water in your garden watering can in hot weather it will start stinking in a few days.

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

@@johnfoster3286 Thanks

[@lancer2204]

Mostly tannins in the water from plant matter

[@claytonross125]

its tannins from the trees , just like TEA its brown

[@PatMan73]

One of my fave places in WA.. 👋 to all my friends in Denmark!

[@biohazard_613]

I’m confused. Is this in Western Australia or Washington, U.S.A.? WA is the abbreviation for both. Er du Dansk, eller har du bare venner der?

[@PatMan73]

@@biohazard_613 Western Australia

[@biohazard_613]

@@PatMan73 thank you

[@janusli8820]

But why does it get blocked every year

[@jgordon5408]

Folks with homes there want to keep the taxes down, just a lake if the islets closed off, beach front if it's open.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Waves moving sand about.

[@motoguzzi750s3]

Nine vehicles twenty people and one guy/girl doing all the work. Bureaucracy at it's finest.

[@RB-jv6un]

Like you know what you are looking at.

[@manoliman3065]

Did you want ten people working on the excavator lol lol

[@ticklemeandillhurtyou5800]

You're right I could have done this by myself with my Ditch Witch

[@mikehoy4238]

Most of the cars belong to spectators

[@mikehoy4238]

@@ticklemeandillhurtyou5800 Australia wouldn't let you and your Ditch Witch in.

[@noguesdiego]

what reasons for that?

[@dougaltolan3017]

The sand bar (bank ) keeps building up sealing off the exit for the lake, the lake will flood the nearby land.

[@niilespunkari8832]

@@dougaltolan3017 I.e., people are building on flooding land.

[@MarshaNPILoveCanada]

Nice! A larger, man made version 👍🏼👍🏼 From Bandung, Indonesia

[@charlenetubbs2208]

I just watched the video from a couple of years ago. They were doing the same thing.

[@jam1966ful]

Would the breakthrough occur naturally in the past or is it entirely our intervention?

[@julies1ify]

Intervention. They do it to lower the level of the lake to prevent flooding. It possibly could occur naturally but they wont let it because the lake would already been to high & flooded the areas they dont want flooded. At least thats what I read

[@jam1966ful]

@@julies1ify thank you

[@almilhouse9059]

The sea plants the sand there but can just as easily remove it in storms etc.... What they need to watch is levels as land and property can be destroyed if not kept an eye on....

[@randellgribben9772]

music please?

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Read description....

[@sssr1987sssr]

Ну и чем всё закончилось ?

[@ВикторВасильев-ф7э]

эт что вообще такое?

[@КРЫМКРЫМ-ф8н]

@@ВикторВасильев-ф7э это речка впадала в океан, но её шторм перекрывает песком. каждый год копают))

[@the_null]

Why is the color of water dark?

[@farmduck2762]

Probably the tannins in the vegetation.

[@SEPK09]

Why not construct a more perm: arrangement????

[@jackprice6599]

An excavator for two days work once a year is far cheaper that any other option.

[@PNWLeviathanFPV]

... isn't nature the cheapest option? Doesn't it eventually create its own path?

[@jackprice6599]

@@PNWLeviathanFPV It would but not without significant flooding of areas upstream.

[@jenson1569]

@@PNWLeviathanFPV Yeah it would definitely do it by itself but people have built homes in the area of the flooding which now requires them to dig this trench.

[@mihailmorozov3456]

Why not just to dig in a big diameter metal tube in sand?

[@henrychoisser8982]

Because that is expensive, and this cost nothing in materials

[@mihailmorozov3456]

@@henrychoisser8982 dozer work like this is expensive too

[@lancer2204]

@@mihailmorozov3456 Not nearly as expensive as maintaining that metal tube and keeping it clear

[@Togetherness80]

What I don’t understand is why are we mixing fresh water with salt water? Doesn’t that effect the salt water sea life? Can someone explain, thanks.

[@MECHA831]

What is the benefit of pouring dirty water into the beautiful sea?

[@darkether1170]

Most likely that is not dirty so much as it's the tannins from the trees that the stream flows through. I've been scuba diving in a river in Florida that looked like it was iced tea until you got deeper.

[@Miachat]

@@darkether1170 you're right. It's ptotected old growth forest down there. Beautiful piece of the world.

[@Cchogan]

That little digger is having a lot of fun!

[@gaijininja]

Everywhere else in the world, people jump into these breaches on surfboards. Not here in Australia.

[@LeonDieBoer]

it's a nanny state everywhere over here...

[@SamSitar]

i want to surf on that discharge.

[@joynthis]

OK, you got me to watch 2019, but everybody has to draw the line time wasting somewhere.

[@Grunt0369USMC]

just watched them do it in 2017 said first storm will close it guess I was right

[@mikehoy4238]

It's seasonal and happens every year

[@panzerfury6579]

*flashback to 5 year old me digging a hole with a teaspoon*

[@patricksinon8496]

Prolly the only bar opened down there.....

[@scarletbegonias2359]

a 6" trench would have done it, once the water flows it takes the remaining sand with it. There are countless examples on KZbin of this very thing.

[@tompw3141]

Looking at the 2017 and 2018 videos, it doesn't matter where they dig it - the whole sandbar gets washed out.

[@franzotto448]

Der kleine Bagger hat aber einen sehr großen Löffel. ☺☺☺ But the small excavator has a very large spoon. ☺☺☺

[@tippyc2]

We call the scoop a "bucket" in English.

[@franzotto448]

@@tippyc2 We call the scoop a "spoon" in deutsch.

[@chunkyloverMC]

why are they doing this? flooding?

[@stevepellew8021]

Orwsome job guys... Culverts like that reduces flooding... Nature duz the rest...

[@noelhutchins7366]

Excavator was milking time or doesn't know showmanship; drag the bucket like an ox-plow to channel an outlet, water goes down, it doesn't care how shallow the outlet is, water flow will dredge the channel like an earth mover anyway: a pick-axe wide ditch will still become a meandering sluice with stationary-waves to surf while the bar drains.

[@dougaltolan3017]

If it isnt wide enough then it will seal over at the next high tide. That whole sand bar is the work of just 3 years.

[@relerfordable]

Something satisfying about watching this. I'm not certain, but it looks like they're raising the sea level by adding water.

[@jgordon5408]

Global warming isn't fast enough for some

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

They are not raising the sea level they are lowering the river/lake level and then that becomes a salt water estuary because the tide backflows into it.

[@bazedjunkiii_tv]

but why?

[@Bob-pu7ps]

LAST WAS 2017 WELL YOU THINK THAT NATURAL EFFECT

[@BobbinMcferry]

Next year, buy me a return ticket and I will dig it by hand, for free. May need to borrow a shovel if customs gives me trouble.

[@jenson1569]

Yeah I'd happy spend the day digging a foot wide trench leading to the sea.

[@richg0404]

They could monetize it by charging people to dig.

[@BobbinMcferry]

@@richg0404 there goes my free ticket..

[@directpressure3026]

Earth: Ya know I've been around for 4.5 billion years. Maybe leave me alone. I know what I'm doing. Human: Nah. I can fix it.

[@howardmurphy2841]

My dad was a t.v. repairman I can fix it

[@markstuut4024]

Question on water purity

[@shanemay3797]

The stained water is a result of tannins leaching out of eucalyptus leaves.

[@nitramnitram1966]

Soooo natural pollution?

[@ph08nyx]

Каждый год копают что-ли?

[@eavenp5795]

check out "wilson inlet bar opening 2017" - it only took 3 years to build up a giant sand bar - naturally! !!!! WHY do they keep opening it ?!!!

[@richg0404]

They do it every year. In the summer the river flow is less and the ocean re-deposits all of the sand there. When the river starts flowing again, it backs up and floods property up stream.

[@OneManTrail]

I can’t believe only 20 came to watch.

[@welshpete12]

That reminds me , I need to buy sand .

[@lhansen6778]

how easy to turn ocean water color from blue to dirty brown!!!

[@claytonross125]

its tannins from the trees , just like TEA its brown

[@Inatsikap]

You guys did this in 2017 s well - Why don't you build a more permanent solution like a Concrete Canal that lets the water out?

[@MrOlgrumpy]

In the summer the river flow diminishes to a point when the tides bring in more sand than is flushed out and the bar forms,then winter rain fills the river and to prevent upstream flooding the bar is opened.A concrete canal would similarly be plugged with tidal sand,and be a waste of resources.

[@CrusherFitter]

Because the guy who they hire the digger off said it wouldn’t work.

[@claytonross125]

a concrete canal would cost 10,000$ per foot and would still get plugged when to rains stop. maybe they know what they are doing.

[@seniorelzappo9919]

Well lord knows if you've done the right thing ?

[@thornerg2]

1:20 Pretty much sure that if it were me, I'd put the bucket deep into the sand, and just back up... The water will dig its own channel once it gets to moving. Someone is making sure he gets well paid by the hour. ;)

[@thornerg2]

You can see it in the final shots. The digger driver dug a overly-long, straight, angled channel... But by the end, the water has smashed its way through, taking the simplest, most direct route.

[@ramdas363]

@@thornerg2 You're absolutely right but this is Australia, the excavator operator is probably the most intelligent of the bunch out there. The fact that they feel the need to have multiple police present, plus fence it off, and then they all stand around the fence like sheep... You can't make this up. It's the same place where they shot dogs to "protect" the public from covid and issued fines to parents for talking to each other in the park.

[@seattledubsix7109]

Super cool but the difference I see and dislike is lack of enjoying the earth. If this were in Hawaii everyone would be playing getting washed down the river. Swimming and surfing the waves as they come out having memorable times. Watching from behind a safety fence is cool and all but I like Hawaii style X100

[@moviezaftermidnight6348]

Should be using all the extra sand on other beaches making them just as beautiful... and then this wouldn't happen so much each year...

[@tompw3141]

0:21 It's weird they built houses there.

[@kenansari]

i think you are not enough rich to figure out.

[@BushCampingTools]

2 years later. Nature can not be easily conquered.

[@Cammo-vp1gl]

Didn’t WA declare themselves no longer part of Australia due to Covid 19. I guess they now call themselves East Madagascar 🤭🤣🤣🍺🍺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@van_demonium]

Perfect recreational opportunity.

[@nApucco]

With the Earths oceans rising we will soon be watching the "Wislon Inlet Wall Building" video every year. :(

[@phalcon23]

Lol, nah

[@philippepetit3105]

in france we call this peing in a violin

[@Жоржик1-н7э]

Ежегодное "развлечение" - "выкапывать" речку!))))))

[@fishingwithfilitsa]

Your video is beautiful

[@ZVEKOfficial]

So it's you guys that's causing the sea level to rise worldwide !!

[@TXH1138]

Why not build a permanent channel instead of having to dig it out every year?

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

What makes you think they have to dig it out every year?

[@TXH1138]

@@AngloSaxon-yx8tk read some of the other comments and it will be obvious. Plus there are past videos of the same thing.

[@happyfacce101]

But for why

[@thomasmint1761]

Now what?

[@hanaryon]

Have you ever thought about the feelings of freshwater fish?

[@wedgeantilles1932]

No

[@Justsay-in]

Mother and baby water reunited..

[@janosik150]

and the purpose of this is, too much water in the dry land

[@swagman6611]

Denmark isn’t dry lol

[@richg0404]

@@swagman6611 It's not Denmark the country, it is a town called Denmark in Western Australia. www.google.com/maps/place/Denmark+WA+6333,+Australia/@-34.9916233,117.3177671,11481m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x2a3965f199c6ac69:0x500f638247a0e50!8m2!3d-34.961767!4d117.3506629

[@bigbiff38]

People can act like water: imagine a Summer Saturday morning at a big amusement park, right before it opens. First one gate opens and people start going in, then another gate opens, and another gate, and more and more people are flooding in...

[@drdelirious8899]

bruh why not keep it natural?

[@martinwillemse8923]

Reinforce the dam and open a reinforced drain with adjustable flow block, met de groeten uit holland

[@digofthedump]

why not use a floating dredge? gl

[@lhansen6778]

как лего превратить цвет воды океана с голубого в грязно-коричневый!

[@bigboots6114]

yet you get arrested for being outside in AUS

[@kspn78]

Not quite as dramatic as the 2017 inlet release

[@YourBusinessGeek]

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