How much water in Menindee Lakes

Rohan , A bit should of made it past the cotton growers, check with Broken Hill Council as they get their water from there. You will like Mungo ( well we did at xmas ) as they have 2 nice camp grounds that will fit the camper between the obligatory bollards & a hot shower at the ranger station for the family.

We were there around early December and the so called lakes were completely dry. The stock grazing on the the lake bed had even chewed the last of the grass!
I have heard that the country is so dry that there is nil water finding it's way back to the lake!!

Rohan k, Lakes dry last I heard, Ring the Ranger or the Pub down that way to find out. Hope you dont get the (couldnt care less rangers) we encountered last Oct. at Mungo, want be rushing back again.

Cheer Steve

Don't bother taking the boat. As at 22nd March total volume of the lakes was 15%.
It's an improvement but not much

Thanks. Basically that was what I was afraid of. I was kinda hoping the recent heavy rains across the state had made some difference. Going to Menindee is really about the Lakes (and water).

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interested in comments about the water and the wine.... try living through a 100 year drought here on the farm.....there's a couple of comments. There is no way we should be trying to grow cotton and rice inthid country. Thesecound dryest continent on the planet, growing 2 of the crops that take the most water....crazy. Second.... people have often been hears to say that the aboringinals did little to improve this counrty in the 40 odd thousand years they were here.....well when I was a kid we could drink the water straight out of the river, now I'm not sure I want to swim in it!!....and after only 200 years. Yeah makes you wonder. Meanwhile we carry water for stock and slowly watch a life,s work wander down the drain....there are so many families suffering out here in the bush...keep the wine just give us water.....Uther (not my real name I just like it!!)

No water there last week except for at the weir. The locals told me that the lakes were recently drained, to their horror without consultation or warning, to provide water to Cubby Station. There is a petition to sign when you get there but I guess without the huge numers of people the pollies will just ignore them and give the water to those with the dollars. Pretty sad really.