Water

 

It doesn't happen often - usually the water trickles, rather than flows through - but when we've had a bit of rain in the north-east, the South Esk beats a furious path through Cataract Gorge. In a month or so, they'll contrive such conditions for a white-water kayaking event, by letting more water over Trevallyn Dam.

Whether by nature or by design, it's always a fearsomely jolly sight when the Gorge is "in flood".

Lots of water in the Gorge

This was taken a few months ago, when the Cataract Gorge was in one of it's infrequent flooding phases. It's happened quite a few times in recent years, thanks to some heavy rains in the north-east (the headwater of both the North and South Esk Rivers).

If memory serves correct, in this instance residents of Invermay (a former swamp barely above sea level) were told to be prepared in case the city's flood levees failed. In the end, it was a bit of a fizzer, but I assume it was a bloody relief for those living in Invermay.