Another mid-winter dust storm
WHEN you look at it, most of South Australia is just one big dust storm having a rest.
A lot of the state is just rocks because they cannot be blown away by the wind.
South Australia came to visit us again on Tuesday night.
I try my hardest to feel sorry for our crow eating mates, but they have been getting our water for years to keep their inlets like Lake Alexandrena and the Goolwa full of fresh water, when for millions of years they have not been fresh water 100 per cent of the time.
So, they get our water and they give us back their dust.
I know who has the best deal in the long run.
A bit more rain
WE were only expecting a few millimetres.
At the time of writing, we have had 8mm.
We may still get a couple more mm before you read this.
While the ground is still wet, even very small amounts of rain help.
If the ground dries out, a couple of mm is just wasted.
This 8mm will keep the ground wet for another week or two.
Good time to sell sheep
IF it has four legs and wool, now is a great time to sell it.
Had a mate sell some of his dry ewes this week for $240 each.
If you have a few fat sheep in your back paddock, round them up and send them in.
I have never seen anything like this when there is a drought on.
If the young feller was not looking, I could open the gates and let my sheep onto his crops to fatten them quicker.
Could be a good time to send him on holiday.
Football and netball at Murrabit this weekend
WHAT a weekend in football and netball it was last week.
Our senior footballers had I think their first win at home.
Our A Grade netballers also had a win.
I am not sure of the other grades at the time of writing.
This weekend we take the short drive to Murrabit.
Unfortunately, we are a week early for the Murrabit market.
But, it is not far so I hope to see you there.
Evidently, I upset some people with my footy notes last week. That’s what I am here for. It keeps you reading my notes.
Just remember, everything I write is my opinion. It’s not the opinion of Moulamein Football Netball Club. I am not on the committee and due to COVID, I could not even get to the meeting about our club’s future.
All I write is the truth according to me with a bit of sh** stirring thrown in. It worked last week. I bet more of the offended will read my notes this week.
River levels
THE Edward River has continued to drop at about 1.3 metres and 1000 megalitres per day.
The Mighty Billabong is still supplying around 300ML per day.
The Mighty Billabong should keep supplying more than 200ML or so for at least a month.
The Edward will keep dropping as there is only around 700ML below Stevens Wier.
With the Mighty Billabong supplying a good flow, at least the Edward will be boatable for at least the next month for anyone that likes to freeze while fishing and catch carp.
There was a good cod of 80 centimetres taken on a surface lure as well as a small cod last week.
There are still a lot of carp but a few natives getting caught.
There was even a small cat fish caught in town a couple of weeks ago. First one for decades.
It was even caught on what we used to know when we were kids as “cat fish corner”.
I can remember catching them when I was a kid. I do not remember eating them. I think the oldies had that pleasure.
