UNFORTUNATELY, there has been a bit of middle of the night visits to some of our houses in town.
Just minor annoying stuff up until now.
A very valuable trailer went missing. The owner has put out a $5000 reward for information on his trailer.
If it is just returned, no questions will be asked.
This trailer is of an unusual design so it could be hard to resell.
We have a policeman in town at the moment. No-one has been to see him or called him to report any of these strange goings on.
Our policeman, Matt Edwards, would love to get a few reports of what is happening around town so we can catch these people that have got nothing better to do than run around town in the middle of the night pinching stuff.
I know we have never done it in town, but Matt asks that we start locking houses and taking keys out of your cars when they are parked.
And, please, if something has happened that is not normal, call Matt. He will not bite.
He is a lovely man and a fairly handy footballer for our Swans.
We finally have a police presence in town; let’s use it or we may lose it again.
New powerlines are big
I TOOK a drive out towards Hay last week when it rained to have a look at the new powerlines they are putting in.
They are duplicating the existing line.
The existing line is 220KV. The duplication is 330KV. This new line is much bigger, much higher and a different design.
The line that will be going though our Moulamein district will be 500KV so it will be bigger again.
We are a very dumb country. We export our coal, gas and uranium but we will not use it.
Every time a new windmill or solar farm is built to give us cheaper power, my power bill goes up instead of down.
I think our Prime Minister promised us cheaper power at one stage in his rise to the top. We all know what floats.
New water allocations
OUR opening water allocations have been announced for the 2025-26 watering season.
The Murrumbidgee system has started on 4 per cent of what we own with an 18 per cent carryover.
The New South Wales Murray has started on 1 per cent of what they own with just under 40 per cent carryover.
The Vic Murray are high security and they have only 39 per cent of what they own.
The Lower Darling have 100 per cent of what they own.
The Lachlin is a bit of a different system, but they have 0 per cent of general security but 76 per cent carryover. Can’t work that one out.
Now for the most important one. My Crow Eating mates. My heart goes out to them every year. They are stuck on their 100 per cent again. But the worst part is, because they have their 100 per cent, if any of them were dumb enough to carry water over, they have lost it. Bugger.
We had better gather up as much of their dust as we can and send it back to them to make them feel better.
Opp shop to close
THE Moulamein Op Shop has run out of time in their current premises.
They have been given the don’t come Monday by Murray River Council and are looking for a new shop to sell their goodies out of, but as yet they have not been able to find a long term suitable premises.
Let’s hope our council can find them another room or two in one of their buildings in town so we can keep this great service open.
If you want an even better bargain, now would be the time to visit our op shop as they are having a closing down sale.
It will be closed down in two weeks.
Our op shop mob are looking for a bit of help on Sunday, July 13 to help pack up.
Pigeon update
AN update on the Moulamein Bowling Club pigeon syndicate.
We started with 12 pigeons. After the first trial race, we now have 10.
Last year, Crippa was one of the first to disappear as there are no umpires out there in the real world to look after him.
This year, Crippa 2 was also one of the first to disappear. We may have to tell his owner to change his name next year or find an umpire to keep the falcons away.
Unfortunately, Sir Flapalot has also gone missing.
This still gives the syndicate 10 chances at the couple of hundred grand first prize.
The trial races will be getting longer and more often until the big one. Falcons love racing pigeons, so we will see how many we can get to the big race.
A bit more rain
WE were only expecting a few millimetres. We ended up with about 13mm last week.
We should get through until the end of July before things really start to die.
At the time of writing, there is a few mm forecast next week.
I am looking forward to getting bogged in my back paddock.
Our feed is finally getting away from our sheep with the help of a bit of grain and hay. Keep it coming, Huey.
Football and netball at Wandella tomorrow
WHAT a weekend in football and netball it was last week.
Senior footballers just could not peg Murrabit back.
A Grade netballers got to within five goals of the top side.
For some reason, we go to Wandella three times this year.
Hope to see you there.
River levels
THE Edward River has levelled off at around 1.27 metres and 950 megalites per day.
The Billabong Creek is still supplying around 300ML per day.
The Billabong should keep supplying over 200ML or so for at least a month.
