Point Sturt, June 08 and July 09

This is the plight of the Lower Murray and the Lakes and Coorong.
Today John and I drove out for my 'airing' and the decision was to have another look at the Point Sturt area on Lake Alexandrina.
With the River Murray in crisis and this is our only big major river in Australia, after at least 5 years of drought it was devastating to see how much lower the water is.
In the first photo this was taken today at the edge of what was once a cliff, the second photo was taken at about the same spot last year, the water then was at the base of the cliff.
The next photo is a longer shot today and the second is of approximately the same spot last year showing the huge amount of water that has gone.
I dont think any one knows how to fix this, the water is becoming undrinkable for stock, it is much harder to get and really the only sollution seems to be the end of the drought, and that probably means several years of good winter rainfall as one year is certainly not going to fix it.
It is dividing the communities along there, their major sollution seems to be that the Government should fix it, I know that it is because Governments have not stepped in early and taken control of the river and stopped the huge amounts of irrigation that has gone on and they have hoped it would all fix itself, but now how can any one fix a problem of no rain and no water?
Apart fom all of that it was a beautiful day as you can see, although a bit cold and we came home to have a coffe at our favorite spot in Victor and were told there was a female right whale and her calf just out the front. My first whale for the season and I didnt have to go to look for it. I took photos, but what did I get? sea!!
Our southern rights are a bit dull as they tend to sit on top of the water and shoot up a plume of spray every so often and then go under for a while, not a lot of tail lobbing or jumping, although as the calves get older they tend to be a bit more active.
Any way we did see them and photos or not it is a delight to know they are returning in larger numbers after being almost hunted to extinction.
No Haihu or quote tonight but I have just had a delicious and probably awfully fattening meal of green salad with olives bought this morning at the farmers market, chip potatoes and squid in tempura, the squid caught at Coffin Bay a few weeks ago and defrosted and yummy. White wine with the lot. Life is still good.