In contrast to the Victorian floods

[Chillie]

With all the rain and then the floods here in Victoria, this has to be seen to be believed.

On Australia Day 2011 I went for a drive out to Toolondo, 30 miles away from Horsham. Remember the Horsham flood on the news?

Picture 1. Shows how much water the Toolondo Reservoir should hold when full.

Picture 2. Shows an almost empty lake.

Picture 3. Shows another angle of the lake. The gravel road to the right of the picture is the bottom section of the boat ramp. It drops off fairly steeply from the tree back that is hard to show in the picture.

Picture 4. Shows the upper section of the boat ramp. When the lake is full, the water is about level with the signs.

[ballaratdragons]

WOW Henry, that is really weird!

All the lakes around here (Burrumbeet, Learmonth, etc) are overfull, and they have been dust bowls for the last 15 years.

[Chillie]

Toolondo Reservoir is actually 3 swamps separated by sandbars when it is low or dry. Those pictures were taken of the north swamp. The reservoir has 2 inlets. A channel at the north end that comes from Rocklands Reservoir, and a natural inlet at the south east corner.

The picture below shows a view from Google Earth. You can see the 3 separate swamps clearly. I don't know when Google Earth took that picture. I used to live on the lower left "bump".

[Ric]

There's no accounting for nature is there.

She will do what she want's when she want's.