Lake Hume

[toetoe]

Still trying to understand my camera, so the best way is to snap away and learn. Using Olympus C-725 set to the Auto funtion. Location was at Lake Hume just outside of Albury/Wodonga on 10/07/05.

[iceman]

Wow great shots Peter! Wouldn't mind seeing that dam when we come to albury/wodonga in Oct/Nov for the starcamp!

[Jonathan]

Nice shots Peter. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

:2thumbs: hey it has water! although not much by the looks.

great shots

[acropolite]

Dam(n) nice shots Toetoe, you must be really enjoying that new cam...:D

[xstream]

Can do if you want Mike.
It's only 15min drive away.

[xstream]

Height 178.62 meters. Percentage 33.0% at present h0ughy.

When it's at full capacity it holds approx. 7 times the capacity of Sydney Harbour. :D

[toetoe]

It's been long long time since we have seen the dam like that hey John.

[xstream]

Yeah, last time they had to start rebuilding the wall because it started to grow cracks. :scared: :scared: :scared: :jawdrop:

[slice of heaven]

And there lies 1 of the reasons the Murray mouth needs constant dredging and SA is on water restrictions permanently. :mad:


Nice pics though Peter and good to see the cameras working.

[xstream]

You have no arguement from me on that one Slice.

Hume is for irrigation purposes only and with the open irrigation channels and the way most flood irrigate, nearly 70% of the water is lost to evaporation.
What a waste!
But lets not forget the Wiers like Yarrawonga and the Locks which are all down stream of the Hume and all add to the degradation of the Mouth of the Murray. :sad: :sad:

[ving]

bet theres a few good locations on that dam for caches! :D

[slice of heaven]

Yeah its only 1 part of the problem John.
The cotton and rice fields in the other direction are majorly responsible for the problem.
We get nowhere near the river flows promised to flush the system and increase fish stocks. The native fish wont breed without increased river flows at the right time. They've masked the problem by banning commercial netters and building fish ladders to introduce migrating fish to the state.

[h0ughy]

Did you get any of the recent rain?

[xstream]

Since Jan 1 - June 30 :- 351.5 mm. So far this month 47.0 mm

So as you can see h0ughy absolutely nothing. But it's still about 200 mm more than the same time last year, just have to pray it keeps coming. :prey2:

[xstream]

Yeah Slice,
We live on the driest continent on Earth and grow crops like Rice and Cotton,
wonders never cease. :rolleyes: