Not getting the whole story
THEY have a Billabong Floodplain Management Plan getting developed. We went and met them last week. They showed us a few maps of where the water supposably went on our place.
We explained to them where the water didn’t go and where it will not go next time because our check banks were down because of redeveloping.
They had a gully running though our place that is high ground and the only low bit is where we spent thousands of dollars digging a drain to get the drainage water back to the high ground to be more water efficient.
They did not seem to realise that the highest part of the flood plain is the river bank.
Have a look at all of the old houses. They are all build on the river bank. Not just for water axes. But that is always the highest ground on a flood plain.
I also had to point out that there are 16 pipes just up the road from me that are in a different council. I told the last mob I was talking to the same thing. None of these mob talk to each other while they are costing us tens of thousands of dollars to do these reports.
There is a bank of six, four-foot pipes. Another bank of six three-foot 6-inch pipes as well as a few that are 24 and 18 inches in diameter.
These pipes put thousands of megs of water under the Hay Road and unfortunately into my place.
But it has to go somewhere. Just a bit of an oversight I thought both times I told them. They told us nothing.
They said they will go away and put all their information together and come back in a few months to see us.
I asked if that is when they tell us what banks they want knocked down. “We do not knock banks down,” they said. I told them that I do not trust Government Departments and left it at that.
Since that meeting I have found out that they will not knock our banks down completely. But they may reduce them to 50cm. Only time will tell.
They must be getting a few lessons off Trans Grid on the art of smoke and mirrors.
Harvest started.
I SEE that the first load has been delivered to our Moulamein Grain Bunkers this week. Like all harvests, it will start off with a whimper and then it will be full on for a couple of months. Good luck to everyone with their harvest and just remember to look out for kids when you come through town. They make such a mess of your wheels if you run over them!
Gallery AGM
OUR Gallery Girls will be having their AGM at the Moulamein Bowling Club at 6pm, Friday, November 15. If you ever wanted to join this great mob, come along, you will be made most welcome. Then you can stay for a feed and the meat raffles, and maybe pick up $500 to take home.
Pennant Bowls going well
WOW. What a year it has been in bowls so far. Our Division 1 side has still not been defeated. They ended up, two rinks up. One rink down. Up overall. Our Division 2-3 were going OK at smoko. But the dreaded cream cakes took their toll afterwards and we ended up one rink up. Two rinks down. Down on the day. Both teams are at home again this week to Lake Boga. If you would like to see some good bowls, wander over, grab a cold beer and check out if you could play this dangerous sport. Why is it dangerous you ask. More bowlers die than any other sportsmen or women. We like to live on the edge us bowlers.
Pennant tennis team keeps their winning streak going
OUR Moulamein Pennant Tennis has not lost a game in more than 60 years and they continued their winning streak last weekend. We have seniors as well as juniors in this competition. If you want to get involved, they are always going to be looking for subs during harvest. Give Darsy a ring on 0437 794 723.
River levels.
OUR Edward has just started to rise and is now at just more than 2.3 metres and just over 2,500 megs a day.
There is still plenty of water below Stevens Weir so we will have these levels for a while yet.
The fish are still biting in numbers around Moulamein. Cod seem to be biting more than yellers. Some good size cod have been landed upstream of Moulamein. They are finally getting their act together and we are going to get a pulse of water down the Murrumbidgee and Billabong Creek to get the fish breeding.
Or so I thought.
They are supposed to get the flow up to 20,000 megs a day up the top of the system. I will believe it when I see it.
They plan these releases all the time but by the time they do the calculations, scratch themselves, and worry that they might upset someone, the opportunity is gone.
Let’s see how they go this time.
At the time of writing they did hit 20,000 megs for one day. Typical. Now it is back to 14,000 at Gundagai.
They always have these great intentions but never seem to deliver.
The good news is that the flush, however big or small it may be that is coming down our Billabong Creek, will get here about cod opening, if they can be strong and keep the water coming.
