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Title: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: aussiebasser on May 01, 2015, 06:54:16 PM

They will be releasing water at 8.00 pm tonight.  Here's hoping for a good flush to get rid of the weed rafts.

Title: Re: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: beau on May 01, 2015, 07:05:31 PM

Seen lockyer creek the other week, i reckon fitzy could have walked across it

Title: Re: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: Novice on May 01, 2015, 07:58:26 PM

Quote from: Member on May 01, 2015, 07:05:31 PM

Seen lockyer creek the other week, i reckon fitzy could have walked across it

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any flow of note coming down the Lockyer. That's where the majority of the water lettuce is, unless it gets a flush it will continue to feed the lettuce down the Brisbane.

A release from BigW should at least clear the river of most of it until the warm weather returns. Better than nothing I suppose.

Title: Re: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: Novice on May 02, 2015, 08:02:46 PM

Some pictures from Shines rd Wivenhoe Pocket from this morning (2nd of May 2015). At the time BigW only had the one gate open.

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_104451_431_zpsmvvlvbl0.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_104617_770_zpsni5javbb.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_104624_806_zps0ru57t2j.jpg)

The Lockyer Creek junction.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_104731_397_zps3dxj9w8f.jpg)

Could have done with a raincoat at the spillway.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_110539_433_zpsz43sr5um.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_110652_100_zpsdormedxx.jpg)

O'reillys Weir, Lockyer Creek.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_113749_608_zps6wbxehv2.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_113758_731_zpsnmzqabx7.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/IMG_20150502_114206_154_zpsrkfozraj.jpg)

I didn't stop for pics upstream of Pointings bridge on the Lockyer, but the cramming of water lettuce from further upstream has to be seen to be believed, wow thick!

Went back up to the spillway late this arvo and could see wivy had 3 gates open by then.

Cheers,
Dave.

Title: Re: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: beetleyak on May 03, 2015, 07:14:59 AM

Wow, Lockyer Creek - it's just one big sh!t chute that pollutes the Brisbane river isn't it. The colour of that water - yuck! No wonder the water lettuce is rampant. The amount of farm runoff that goes into that creek would grow anything....

Title: Re: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: StevenM on May 03, 2015, 11:11:59 AM

 :thanks

They are letting it go

Summersville road has water goin over it

Title: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: beetleyak on May 03, 2015, 01:51:02 PM

That's Burtons isn't it Steve?

Title: Re: Wivenhoe water release
Post by: Novice on May 03, 2015, 07:11:06 PM

Quote from: Member on May 03, 2015, 01:51:02 PM

That's Burtons isn't it Steve?

Yep, they be the same place.