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September 26, 2010
We travelled around Lake Alexandrina from Victor Harbor yesterday to take some photos. The site had been planned along with the right conditions.
The recent rains in the Murray-Darling Basin have ensured that water is now flowing into the lower lakes with both Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert filling up. I think that Alexandrina is full whilst Albert is still filling. Little water has been released into The Corrong. None has gone through the mouth.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Lake Alexandrina, The Narrows, 2010
The bird life is returning, the trees are recovering and the pumps and regulators between the lakes have been dismantled. So it is a cause of celebration.The flow of water is momentary, however due to the lack of progress by state and federal governments in cutting back on irrigator entitlements to water from the Murray-Darling river system.
My photography was not successful. The site (Point Malcolm) near The Narrows between the two lakes that I had planned to walk to with the Linhof 5x4 had been fenced off and was inaccessible. We ran out of time to scout for an alternative site on the southern edge of Lake Alexandrina because we had to get back to Victor Harbor. It was frustrating because I had chosen the right day.
The only way this part of the River Murray project can be done is to stay at one of the cottages at Poltalloch Station for 2-3 days.
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