Lake Dickson starts to fill

johnboy 23 May 2011 23 May 2011 3

lake dickson

It hasn’t taken much rain to get the enourmous new dam built where playing fields used to be in Dickson to start filling up.

(Apologies for photo quality, the light was appalling)

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3 Responses to Lake Dickson starts to fill

WoodenAgent 8:28 pm 25 May 11

ah, Woden. Just have to love concrete and wind tunnels.

Maybe if we have wind, we should add windmills?

mistertim 10:11 pm 24 May 11

Well, my photo showing the level of water this morning is a bit better – less blurry anyway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mistertim/5754162547/

I could swear, though, that the water level was higher last night.

BicycleCanberra 10:32 pm 23 May 11

Maybe you should use http://www.nearmap.com for your satellite pics as they have just updated to 6th May 2011. At least you are getting some wetlands, Wodens concrete drains seem to be here to stay despite us being told that they will be naturalised.

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