Posted in photos, the farm, tagged Australia, burrinjuck dam, drought, flood, Murrumbidgee River, NSW, photos on March 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We’re back on the farm. Last week when Doc rang the farm manager about coming down, he said they were feeding sheep – they were in drought.
I was gobsmacked (I love that word). I didn’t think there was any part of NSW that wasn’t now flooded, and in Wollongong I almost can’t remember the last hot, dry day. We might have had the hottest January on record, but I’ll bet we also had the wettest February.
So here are the photos, you judge for yourself whether you think there might be a drought.
Posted in rural nsw, travel, tagged burrinjuck dam, dam, drought, flood, mighty murrumbidgee on December 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
As promised, I went for a trip to the Murrumbidgee to check out how far the water had gone down, and to take some photos.
I remember learning the NSW river system when I was in primary school (yes, we used to think it was important). The Murrumbidgee was always referred to as The Mighty Murrumbidgee, as if that was its full name. And it is – the word Murrumbidgee apparently means “Big water” in a local Aboriginal dialect.
Our tent after a windy night on Lake Cargelligo
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