lake Mulwala Continued
While on the lake theme I went through my albums to find these old photo's taken when the lake was empty
The lake has been drained 13 times over the years to varying extents, to allow for maintenance of the weir structure, the latest draining took place between May and August 2002. The reason for this particular draining was to earthquake-proof the weir. After the Newcastle earthquake some years ago, it was discovered that many weirs in that region became unstable due to that devastating earthquake to ensure that the Yarrawonga Weir remains stable under such circumstances.
The weir
The Paradise Queen high and dry
The Paradise Queen high and dry 
posted by Jeanette at 11:16 pm
20 Comments:
Hi Jan ~ I see you finally gor your post up. Can be very frustrating as we all know. A huge job to drain that large lake and so many times. Thanks for your comments, yes I love daylight savings,
except the first day when we lose an hour. Good luck tomorrow Jan. Take care,
Love, Merle.
Hi Mum,
I remember when they did that, and the smell that went along with it.. ewwww.. but they also cleared out heaps of the trees and stumps. It looks really eerie empty, and so lovely and picturesque when full.
I wonder if the ever found my glasses in there, I lost 3 pair in total over the years !!!
Cazz
Jeanette hello my friend, well I know all about were these photos and your last posts photos were taken and it brings back some great meoments and some times when I was going stir crazy with nothing to do as we lived in the motel overlooking the bridge and the lake at the end of the shopping street.
The photos are just great and I ahve never seen the lake empty like that so thanks for sharing with us.
Have a great day.
Lee-ann
ohhhh... like a ghost story!!!!
It's a bit scary to see all the hazards for the unwary skier or diver Jan.
Jeanette, amazing pictures, thankyou.. fascinating..
I saw the 'two men in a tinnie' TV program, it's unbelievable the condition of the river waterways - didn't anybody know this would happen if they stopped the river flows?
thanks for sharing
:-)
Della
G'Day Mate..I can relate to the lake looking that ugly.
Nice finish to your last post.
P.S.For Cazz,you are a bit stingy with your measure,only "3Fingers".
Oh my, think of falling while water-skiing! Yikes!
Oh wow how amazing are those pictures...looks like a different world with the water gone! Gosh to think all that is under the water usually!!!
These picture shares you have are something to contemplate!! It's amazing to see such a happening!
(Love the music here too...G'day!!! Super)
Hoooo, it looks like a place after an atomic war to me ! Scaring place but very nice pictures. Strange there were no skulls and car wrecks in there ... you give me Halloween feelings !
Hi Jan, the lake look eerie with all the trees visible. What a scary thought diving water skiing EEEK.
Very interesting post, to see the lake without the water and it's usual beauty.
Have a great weekend. Hugs Margaret
Hi again Jan, I am so very glad your news was good. But yu would ave to keep a Doctor Diary with all those visits, but so long as they keep you well, is the manin thing. Thanks for your comments, glad you liked Later than we think etc. Take care, Love, Merle.
If ever you are interested in my trip to Turkey, I published photos and descriptions in my travel blog
http://painting-cats-travelling.blogspot.com/
Happy Halloween !
WOW!!!! That is crazy....so when does the water go back in? That kinda of gives me the creeps...how appropriate for Halloween!
Cheers!
Very interesting story and pictures about this lake!
June
Hi Jan -- You lake looked sad when empty.
Our lake has water back in it now also after all those recent big Houston rains. It had been drained for dam repair because of damage caused by Huricane Rita last year and just didn't get enough water to refill.
I had to look up 'weir' in Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir
I added the Market Center Street Center links to my blog today and a story about our Halloween experience there in the comments.
Thanks for coming earlier and for your nice comment.
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what a beautiful place you have to walk to! I just love the photos
Just dropped by to see if you have posted something. You know when I open your blog and the music starts (I know it now, lol)my husband would say : you are AGAIN on this blog ... (again it's you)
Thanks for your comment on my cat adventure.
To think we ski in that.
Love Donna
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