Lake Eildon

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:14 pm

at this rate another 10 days perhaps...?

Australis(Shell3155) · Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:32 pm

Perfect, if your prediction comes off we will be there to see it...

Macedonian · Post by **Macedonian** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:24 pm

up to 99.3% now, not long to go now.

Rivergirl · Post by **Rivergirl** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:10 pm

They started letting water out the floodgates last night. It was a wondeful sight

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:43 pm

But creeping ever so tantalisingly slowly Macedonian, it's almost been painful to watch these past few % going upwards lol! They were testing the spillway gates yesterday, one at a time, to check on the gate's capabilities since the upgrade a few years back (it's the first chance they've had as the water hasn't been high enough before now). So rather than a "spill" it was more of a little splurge as the gates were only opened 600mm. There are several ways the Lake can spill, the spillway and gates being only one option. Most likely, any excess water will traverse downstream via the hydro... Lots more info & photos on this on the lakeeildon.com forum

Macedonian · Post by **Macedonian** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:00 pm

I bet it was wonderful Rivergirl, take some photos for us. I organised a window seat for my flight to syd last week but it was cloudy and i couldnt see the lake.
It is just great knowing that our water storages are almost all full .

I see they started to let the poor Snowy River have some water back the other day, out of Lake Jindabyne, good for those downstream of the dam.

Macedonian · Post by **Macedonian** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 5:40 pm

99.7%

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:03 pm

Anyone going up this weekend to witness 100% (Lily)?

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:43 pm

Probably will be there Geoff, won't know until tomorrow night

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:56 am

It may happen until Monday or Tuesday...but it will happen

. Wont be there this weekend unfortunately. Flew over the lake on Tuesday..of course it's looking amazing from the air...

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:15 am

Isn't it amazing what 12 odd months and some rainfall can do? I'm still gobsmacked at how rapidly it's risen, from 40 & 50% (which I thought was good lol!) to now virtually 100% a year later

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:17 am

From lakeeildon.com:

Re: Land and On-Water Management Plan process - Lake Eildon
by thepoint » Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:18 am

Following is a list of the places and times for the Lake Eildon Community Consultation. Spread the word about these meetings, the more people that "consult" with GMW the better...

Lake Eildon

Consultation for the Lake Eildon Land and On-Water Management Plan is well underway and will continue throughout October and early November.

Community members are invited to attend and have their say at the following opportunities:

Meeting Hosts
Date/TimeStorage Location

Have a Say Day Saturday 22 October
1pm – 4pm Goughs Bay Boat Club
Have a Say Day
Sunday 23 October
1pm – 4pm
Alliance Boat Ramp,
Eildon
Bonnie Doon Community Monday 24 October
6:30pm – 8:30pm Bonnie Doon
Community Centre
Macs Cove/Howqua Community
Wednesday 26 October
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Willow Park
Macs Cove/Howqua

Goughs Bay Community Thursday 27 October
6:30pm – 8:30pm Goughs Bay Boat Club
Have a Say Day
Saturday 29 October
8am – 4pm

Mansfield Bush Market

Have a Say Day
Sunday 30 October
9am – 12noon
Bonnie Doon Market and Car Boot Sale

Have a Say Day
Sunday 30 October
12:30pm – 3:30pm
Lake Eildon Photographic Exhibition, Bonnie Doon

An online survey is also available. Have your say at:

G-MW Lake Eildon Survey

The survey is open until Sunday 30 October 2011 and will take around 10 minutes to complete. Your responses are confidential.

For more information please contact Tanya Camplin on (03) 5722 2207 or t.camplin@regionaldevelopment.com.au

Just trying to keep the information flowing...thepointthepoint

Macedonian · Post by **Macedonian** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:42 pm

Lily » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:15 am wrote:
Lily wrote:Isn't it amazing what 12 odd months and some rainfall can do? I'm still gobsmacked at how rapidly it's risen, from 40 & 50% (which I thought was good lol!) to now virtually 100% a year later

It is indeed amazing. Does anyone recall the water authorities droning on and on like cracked records saying that it would take "Years and years and years of above average rainfall" for our storages to recover from the drought? Well, they were wrong werent they! That numpty Tim Holding, or whoever it was, was always banging on about it.Two good seasons is all that it took.

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:02 pm

Yes M I remember those words being uttered by many a couple of years back. Still can't believe we're in this very positive water situation that we are.

Macedonian · Post by **Macedonian** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:36 am

99.9% when? when?

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:48 am

I knnnnoooooowwwwwwww

Tomorrow? Bit of rain about, bit of runoff? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, the suspense is killing me lol!

johnno · Post by **johnno** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:46 am

Wednesday or Thursday my best bet

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:07 pm

Back down to 99.85% now, so I presume they're releasing water today?

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:23 pm

This last little bit is just dragging on and on...if the catchment can get 10mm overnight then you'd think Wed/Thurs would be right. The rainband tracking from the NW at the moment could be just a little too north for the lake to benefit from that lot.

johnno · Post by **johnno** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:21 am

99.87% Today and yes it is dragging out the last quarter of a %

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