Got really sick of the same coverage on TV hearing about the floods SA VIC NSW.......saw lots of towns /crops etc underwater and hardship (whats no good ) but.......youd think some one may have taken the time to explain where it was all flowing to......and from what rivers systems etc ......is it going into the River MURRAY and filling all the SA lake systems are all the weires open is it fully flowing flushing carp out to sea

Shows you all the water management and buybacks mean nothing if it doesn't rain.

Its unfashionable but perhaps the money spent on buybacks and management, something in the billions, would be better spent building dams in the headwaters so flood water could be captured thereby controlling flooding a bit and then releasing the water in drier times.


To answer the question, all the flooding is happening to the west of the great dividing range. The Murray-Darling river system drains all the land to the west of the mountains. So the flood waters will flow down the river systems into SA and eventually the Southern Ocean.

SandS said...


Then it turns into salt water, and we will suck it up at powlet river and desalanate it .

then you will flush it down your toilet and it will end up inthe southern ocean.

then we will desalanate it .

and you will flu****

and we will

oh fuxxx it.

Went in and had a look at it last week. Lots of money being turned into concrete and about 6 months behind because of the rain and wind. Send more please

king of the point said...

Got really sick of the same coverage on TV hearing about the floods SA VIC NSW.......saw lots of towns /crops etc underwater and hardship (whats no good ) but.......youd think some one may have taken the time to explain where it was all flowing to......and from what rivers systems etc ......is it going into the River MURRAY and filling all the SA lake systems are all the weires open is it fully flowing flushing carp out to sea

ok who hijacked king of the points identity ,this question makes sence has a point and warrants a legible response (no fire breathing dragons / both hands down the pants stuff ect ect )what gives , obviously an imposter [}:)]

"SAID HANRAHAN" by John O'Brien

"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
In accents most forlorn,
Outside the church, ere Mass began,
One frosty Sunday morn.

The congregation stood about,
Coat-collars to the ears,
And talked of stock, and crops, and drought,
As it had done for years.

"It's looking crook," said Daniel Croke;
"Bedad, it's cruke, me lad,
For never since the banks went broke
Has seasons been so bad."

"It's dry, all right," said young O'Neil,
With which astute remark
He squatted down upon his heel
And chewed a piece of bark.

And so around the chorus ran
"It's keepin' dry, no doubt."
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

"The crops are done; ye'll have your work
To save one bag of grain;
From here way out to Back-o'-Bourke
They're singin' out for rain.

"They're singin' out for rain," he said,
"And all the tanks are dry."
The congregation scratched its head,
And gazed around the sky.

"There won't be grass, in any case,
Enough to feed an ass;
There's not a blade on Casey's place
As I came down to Mass."

"If rain don't come this month," said Dan,
And cleared his throat to speak -
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If rain don't come this week."

A heavy silence seemed to steal
On all at this remark;
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed a piece of bark.

"We want an inch of rain, we do,"
O'Neil observed at last;
But Croke "maintained" we wanted two
To put the danger past.

"If we don't get three inches, man,
Or four to break this drought,
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

In God's good time down came the rain;
And all the afternoon
On iron roof and window-pane
It drummed a homely tune.

And through the night it pattered still,
And lightsome, gladsome elves
On dripping spout and window-sill
Kept talking to themselves.

It pelted, pelted all day long,
A-singing at its work,
Till every heart took up the song
Way out to Back-o'-Bourke.

And every creek a banker ran,
And dams filled overtop;
"We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"If this rain doesn't stop."

And stop it did, in God's good time;
And spring came in to fold
A mantle o'er the hills sublime
Of green and pink and gold.

And days went by on dancing feet,
With harvest-hopes immense,
And laughing eyes beheld the wheat
Nid-nodding o'er the fence.

And, oh, the smiles on every face,
As happy lad and lass
Through grass knee-deep on Casey's place
Went riding down to Mass.

While round the church in clothes genteel
Discoursed the men of mark,
And each man squatted on his heel,
And chewed his piece of bark.

"There'll be bush-fires for sure, me man,
There will, without a doubt;
We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan,
"Before the year is out."

Around the Boree Log and Other Verses, 1921

colinwill78 said...

I moved to central Vic a year ago and there was no where to go kiting within 2 hours.
We have had above average rainfall and the town i work in has been flooded (minor) a couple of times. The continuing rain through harvest is really driving farmers to dispair. After 10 years of dry and drought, to have a bumper harvest ruined by rain is more than a tad ironic.

On the upside, now i have the choice of several lakes on the way home from work. Here's a pic of one topping up two weeks ago, we got 2 inches (about 50mm) of rain that day and it has been like that every few weeks this season.
Lake Grassy as it's known has been a dustbowl for 10 years. Now its about 8-10 foot deep.


Alot of victoria's inland lakes are filling naturally and some others are reservoirs being filled off old channels. Lake bulloke, a very large lake near here, is the terminus for the richardson river and a few others, it will take a few years like this to fill up. Other rivers nearby, like the Avon, fill a number of lakes on the way to the Murray.
Downstream of that, the Murray is levied with a series of about 8 locks that hold water levels, so the river in SA stays full but flows are minimal in times of drought. Now that so much water is going through the system, the mouth is open and the great lakes and Coorong are being restored.

Many reservoirs and recreational lakes are filling or full. Eppalock and cairn curran, near Bendigo is overflowing after being a trickle for several years. Batyo Catyo (funny name hey.) is full up and camping will be in full swing these hols.

Yabby-ing is intense right now

I dare say a few carp have been flushed out to sea too.

I was thinking of posting in the Victoria section a short catalogue of kitable locations inland, now that there are some.



These little guys are getting annoying too. Another symptom of a good year preceeded by summer rain in the north. They are coating the roads and clogging up radiators.

Yeah got a few swarms our way, seen a few big buggers as well 3X the size of a normal locust

great picture of that storm colinwill78