I PUT a thank you note in the paper for whoever put the flush of water down the Edward just in time for Easter. Not knowing if it was environmental or just water demand from our local irrigators downstream.
I got a phone call today from one of the mob in charge of environmental flows down our rivers as he had seen my write-up in one of our local papers and he told me it was an environmental flush.
Evidently, the flush we had down the Mighty Billabong last month was also topped up with environmental water. They have been sending fresh water down the Wakool to stop a fish kill from the crappy water coming out of that Perricuta thing.
There may be another flush come down our Edward in May to get the crays to breed. My new mate is going to keep me informed as to what they are up to. This will be good as we do not know where some of this environmental water is getting used or if it is getting used at all.
It did not help my new mate at Easter. He was in Moulamein visiting family and couldn’t catch a fish. But thanks again NSW Water for the flush. Plenty of fish were landed over our Easter break. I think it will be good for everyone to know the good that this water taken out of productive use can do in our local district and beyond.
Fancy cemetery roosters
We do not know where they came from or who dropped them off there. But there are four very fancy roosters running around our cemetery at the moment. The foxes may get them. But they have been there for over a week so they are going well.
I took the grandkids up there today to try and catch them. The grandkids call them zombie roosters because they live in a cemetery. But they are quicker than me or my grandkids. The kids were a bit hesitant to begin with as we did not know how dangerous zombie roosters were. They were not dangerous. But they are quick.
If anyone needs a rooster for their chooks, they would make lovely chickens. If anyone would like a feed before the foxes get them , go for it. Grab them and fatten them up. We will design a trap tomorrow at smoko. If you see some sort of elaborate trap up in our cemetery, do not worry. It is not the Ghostbusters. It is only me and my grandkids using their imagination.
Rain brings the frogs out
We didn’t get much rain this week. Less than half an inch in the old language from most reports I have heard. But our rare and endangered southern bell frog seemed to just be glad to come out and sit on the road just to stay endangered.
With so many in our district and with the floods coming through a couple of years ago, our frogs must have got spread downstream all the way to our crow-eating mates in South Australia.
Maybe they will not be so endangered anymore. I do not know how they got on downstream, but there are still plenty of them around here and they are big. Any frog over eight centimetres almost has to be a southern bell frog.
Their call sounds something like a motorbike revving. That is why their nick name is the “motorbike frog”.
Footy-netball kicks off
Our local footy-netball season is just around the corner. I think we go to
Ultima for our first game, then at home to Hay for our second game. Tough start to the season but our Mighty Swans should be up to it. Hope to see you there.
River levels
Our Edward is steady at around 1.9 metres and over 1800 megs a day. Enjoy this while you can as our Edward is dropping below Steven’s Weir and is down to just over 1000 megs a day and any environmental water available is being used down other local rivers. The mighty Billabong will not help much as we are using most of what is being put down it for irrigation.
