Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 at 20:58
G'day Phil,
Not au fait with the Georgina flow regime these days(if I ever was back in the HF days :-)), the Diamantina being my forte.
Way I see it is, after such a dry year, it will need to be a bigger year than this has been to date, to do much other than a trickle down the lower section of Eyre Ck ie: across the Simpson track.
Consider say
Lake Machattie, if that fills from Eyre Ck, then there won't be much left for anyone further down the catchment.
As for timing, the
Hamilton and Burke will be
well ahead of current flow in Georgina and it's tributaries, though there has been an earlier run in Georgina and creeks between
Camooweal and the Isa.
So using the crystal ball again, reckon the
Boulia water will be down that way in 4-6 weeks time, with this later flow from up at
Camooweal, say 4-5 weeks after that.
Back in the HF days, one always had a good idea where the floods were, but since the phones came into the Channel Country, lost not only a sense of community but a valuable "news" service. So much for progress???
Sorry to be so long winded, Phil :-)))
Bob.
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