Thursday 22nd April,2010After discovering the BMW had a flat battery, I finally set off from St Ives at 12 midday and drove straight to Dubbo. Only took 4.5 hours with one stop for a McDonald's hamburger in Mudgee. The Dubbo visit was focussed on the Clyde alumni. I stayed with former Toorale and Pier Pier … Continue reading Bourke Show Visit – Travel Log
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Water Management-Facts and Myths
My friend, noted economist, David Trebeck recently gave what I think is the best paper on the general subject of water that I have read. Here is the link I commend it to you.
Australian Wool Industry
Attendance at yesterday's RAS Sheep and Wool Show Opening reminded me that I had never recorded the speech I was invited to deliver at the same event two years ago. It seems that it remains relevant to this great industry.2008 SYDNEY ROYAL SHEEP AND FLEECE SHOW OFFICIAL OPENINGAcknowledgements:President RAS- Rob Vickery (and Tina)Chairman Sheep and … Continue reading Australian Wool Industry
Toorale Station, Bourke
The purchase (for $23.75m)and closing down of Toorale Station at Bourke, can now be viewed with the value of two years hindsight and can be clearly seen as the great act of bastardry that many saw it as at the time. It was an action totally driven by cheap politics for consumption in Adelaide, that … Continue reading Toorale Station, Bourke
Lower Lakes
I sent the following letter to the SMH on Sunday 28th March,2010,"Your heart warming lead article on beneficial flooding in western NSW, (SMH 27th March) attributes a statement to Professor Richard Kingsford that the Lower Lakes (Alexandrina and Albert) at the mouth of the Murray, are below sea level for the first time in 7,000 … Continue reading Lower Lakes
Grandson
Now to important matters. We have a new grandson Maximus Ernst David Wintzer. A 9.5lb. boy to our baby daughter Susan and her husband Hagen. Max is the "ants pants", just ask his maternal grandmother (and his parents).
Water Management
As of today just under 1,400,000 megalitres of water has flowed down the Darling River past Bourke since Christmas. Water "saved for the river" as a consequence of the Government buying Toorale Station and its water licenses, remains at 10,000 megalitres-0.7% of the flow since Christmas.How's that for an investment of $23.75m.?
Lakes-Letter to The Australian 13th February,2010
Could someone please explain to me (As one lakes region comes to life, another is saved from death-The Australian February 13th-14th) why returning the Lower Lakes (Alexandrina and Albert) to more like their natural state and allowing sea water to enter as it always did when upstream rainfall and flows were low, would be such … Continue reading Lakes-Letter to The Australian 13th February,2010
River Management
Letter Sent to the Sydney Morning Herald on 10.02.10Water Management in the Murray Darling BasinPaul Myers (Only rain can solve riddle of the rivers -SMH 10th February,2010) is so right in his central point that only rain can solve the water shortages in the Murray Darling Basin. The Government buying back water licenses, when there … Continue reading River Management
Darling River-Flow Variability and Magnitude
At Christmas time the Darling River at Bourke had ceased to flow and real fears were held for the towns future water supply. Irrigation was out of the question. Then it poured across north/western NSW as the remnants of a cyclone made their way across the continent from the n/w of Western Australia.The Darling River … Continue reading Darling River-Flow Variability and Magnitude
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