RAIN! The graph is on a J-curve
5 September, 2010
Overflow at Expedition Pass Reservoir, Saturday 4 September
For more than 10 years Castlemaine – and south-eastern Australia – has been under drought. The land and all who live on it have been suffering, the wildlife’s been under threat, farms have gone under, we’ve suffered the worst bushfires in living memory.
Now, the skies have opened. Our kids have been treated to what some of them have hardly experienced: steady, teeming rain for days, gutters overflowing, dry creeks flowing, small creeks turning to rivers, reservoirs refilling, the mouth-watering roar of water in the landscape.
According to Coliban Water our reservoirs are now over 56 per cent full, the healthiest level we’ve had in years. The graph is on a J curve.
Enjoy the pictures!
Camp Reserve Castlemaine. Pic: Sam Ward
Oak tree, Botanic Gardens. Pic: Sam Ward
Gingell St Castlemaine. Pic: Sam Ward
Guildford. Pic: Matt Wobbly
Muckleford. Pic: Matt Wobbly
Forest Creek at Greenhill Ave. Pic: CI
Playground, Castlemaine Botanic Gardens. Pic: Sam Ward
Water downtown. Pic: Christine Sayer
Real estate. Pic: Matt Wobbly
Evening at the Gardens. Pic: Christine Sayer
Forest "River" flooding in Happy Valley yesterday. The wooden footbridge was under water and some of the recent Castlemaine Landcare plantings were submerged. Pic: Robin Haylett
Moonlight Creek flowing along Moonlight Flat, (it feeds into Forest Creek at the large waterhole). For many years this small creek has been hidden by gorse and blackberries, but a program of spraying and grooming has revealed it for all to see. In fact the grooming was completed earlier in the week - perfect for the weekend rain. Pic: Robin Haylett.
Rafting in the Guildford Valley. Pic: Anna Winneke
Rafting in the Guildford Valley. Pic: Anna Winneke
Spillway at Expedition Pass Reservoir
Pics: CI
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By Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)
I drink streamwater and the air
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Posted in Environment
September 5th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Is it possible to have a roads closed section? Lewis Rd is closed between Muckleford Walmer Rd and Sinclairs Lane. Carpenters Lane is closed. Foggarty’s Gap Rd was closed for part of yesterday. Anywhere else?
Muckleford Creek is about 100 metre wide at Lewis Rd
September 5th, 2010 at 10:25 am
10 am Sunday morning Muckleford creek is no longer flowing over Lewis Rd
September 6th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Glorious pictures. For the years I lived in Castlemaine the grass in back garden was more like shredded coconut. Now the brimming creeks will bring out the singing birds again.
Enjoy it while it lasts.