Prompted by an article in the local paper reporting that the catchment level had reached 10% of capacity, i visited the Craig Borne Dam in the Coal River Valley north East of Hobart. What i saw was pretty drastic with a huge shoreline where the water usually was and a boat ramp high and dry. This is the water supply that supplies most of the water for the Coal River Valley irrigation scheme so if it keeps dropping then things could get grim indeed in the on going drought!

Pictured here is the main spillway a long way from being needed!