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Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
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<blockquote data-quote="Farmer Roy" data-source="post: 6741730" data-attributes="member: 71668"><p>About 5 km east of Curlewis</p><p>We get flooding from a few sources.</p><p>First water to reach us is locally, via Watermark Gully ( more a slight depression than a gully, a casual observer wouldn’t even see it, it does spread out over a wide area ). Watermark is a fairly local catchment, not that far away to the SE, but it is about to be turned into a 35 sq km open cut coal mine ( which will also be deeper than our irrigation & domestic supply aquifers . . . ). We have been fighting it for over 10 years, but there seems to be a huge push to dig as much coal & develop gas fields as quickly as possible now & bugger the consequences . . .</p><p>Watermark Gully goes straight across me. </p><p>Anyway, Watermark eventually drains into the Mooki.</p><p>The headwaters if the Mooki are up in the base of the Liverpool Range, south of Bundella. A big Mooki flood happens when the Namoi ( Mooki joins the Namoi at Gunnedah ) is in flood & the Mooki backs up & spreads across the plain.</p><p>It’s actually a huge catchment that drains into the Mooki on its way to the Namoi & I have heard reports of a flow in it last night, but both these rivers have been dry for a long time now .</p><p>We can also get more local flows across my part of the plain, from heavy storms to the direct west, or SW, but I’ve only seen that 2 or 3 times.</p><p></p><p>Every flood is different, but “normally” a Watermark flow will take a day or two to reach us & the Mooki water will take 3 or 4 days to come down.</p><p>Depends how dry things are of course & how much vegetation ( not much ) is on the slopes.</p><p>In previous floods, I’ve gotten around in front of the water & watched it just slowly creeping across the plain, slowly filling the soil profile as it goes. Just like watching flood irrigation.</p><p>It IS a floodplain, with no fences or much infrastructure here, so the water is generally slow & spreads out over a wide area, just doing its thing & rehydrating the landscape, just how it has for millennia & how this valley / plain was formed and the deep black souls laid down</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmer Roy, post: 6741730, member: 71668"] About 5 km east of Curlewis We get flooding from a few sources. First water to reach us is locally, via Watermark Gully ( more a slight depression than a gully, a casual observer wouldn’t even see it, it does spread out over a wide area ). Watermark is a fairly local catchment, not that far away to the SE, but it is about to be turned into a 35 sq km open cut coal mine ( which will also be deeper than our irrigation & domestic supply aquifers . . . ). We have been fighting it for over 10 years, but there seems to be a huge push to dig as much coal & develop gas fields as quickly as possible now & bugger the consequences . . . Watermark Gully goes straight across me. Anyway, Watermark eventually drains into the Mooki. The headwaters if the Mooki are up in the base of the Liverpool Range, south of Bundella. A big Mooki flood happens when the Namoi ( Mooki joins the Namoi at Gunnedah ) is in flood & the Mooki backs up & spreads across the plain. It’s actually a huge catchment that drains into the Mooki on its way to the Namoi & I have heard reports of a flow in it last night, but both these rivers have been dry for a long time now . We can also get more local flows across my part of the plain, from heavy storms to the direct west, or SW, but I’ve only seen that 2 or 3 times. Every flood is different, but “normally” a Watermark flow will take a day or two to reach us & the Mooki water will take 3 or 4 days to come down. Depends how dry things are of course & how much vegetation ( not much ) is on the slopes. In previous floods, I’ve gotten around in front of the water & watched it just slowly creeping across the plain, slowly filling the soil profile as it goes. Just like watching flood irrigation. It IS a floodplain, with no fences or much infrastructure here, so the water is generally slow & spreads out over a wide area, just doing its thing & rehydrating the landscape, just how it has for millennia & how this valley / plain was formed and the deep black souls laid down [/QUOTE]
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