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Reply #300 - Nov 16^th, 2008 at 7:57pm

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To return and seek the past can sometimes be heartbreaking Derek
Things seem to have changed a bit since we were young and uncaring about the future.
A return to my old fishing and hunting grounds a few years bought tears to my eyes as the cotton farming had cleared every tree and bush for over 300,000 acres.
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Reply #301 - Nov 16^th, 2008 at 8:00pm

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I see it all the time in my travels Soot.

The photo below is all that's left of a great bass fishing stream I fished in as a kid. It's now choked with weed because there are no longer the flows in our rivers because of the cotton farming and other farming taking all the water.

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Reply #302 - Nov 16^th, 2008 at 8:18pm

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It would make a grown man cry wouldn't it
What have our kid's and grand kid's got left to enjoy apart from man made impoundments.
A day on the pristine creek no matter what size was always a pleasure for us
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Reply #303 - Nov 16^th, 2008 at 9:44pm

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Ok, what differences are you seeing with the capping of the bore drains? That's something I've been picked up when I wake up in the night to Oz Radio.

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Reply #304 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 5:28pm

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G'day LK (or is it G'nite!)
I reckon the long term future of the artesian water is in the capping of the well heads.
Artesian water has been drilled for and running "free range" for so many years many property owners (mainly lessees) thought it would go forever.
From my recent understanding, the well head capping, then underground poly. piping to cattle watering spots has been accepted as a very necessary requirement to maintain the resource.
Where we work in W. Qld. during winter, stock are now much easier to find because they have to congregate at a common watering spot instead of drinking anywhere along a "bore drain".
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Reply #305 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 9:13pm

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Somehow missed your question LK, Yes I agree with mikel as to the amount of water wasted.
The open bore drains wind for miles through the country and the evaporation rate alone is immense.
Mustering a 10,000 acre paddock with a drain through the middle was a lot harder than a similar paddock with just a few watering points as the stock had no general watering place.
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Reply #306 - Nov 23^rd, 2008 at 11:14pm

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Thanks guys, what you say makes sense in many ways

Over here we hear how parts of the US are borrowing water from other places.

& there are those who want to be able to buy Canada's water 'in bulk'. That scares the heck out of me.

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Reply #307 - Nov 30^th, 2008 at 2:24pm

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There was an interesting interview this morning on ABC RN, a "bore runner" in the NT.
That job, and "windmill expert" have to be amongst the most interesting and diverse jobs in the country.
Away for days or weeks, checking this, that and repairing as required, more than likely the only mate with you the ever faithful dog, it requires a very level headed and resourceful bloke to be successful at this job.

Failed stockbrokers should not consider this to be their next career opportunity! Shocked

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Reply #308 - Nov 30^th, 2008 at 5:08pm

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In the past many people thought the "Great Artesian Basin" was an infinite water source, landowners sank bores indiscriminately and just let water run off into the desert to waste. We're a bit better informed nowadays and many bores are being capped and water is being harvested and protected from evaporation.
I read recently where in the future the rich countries in the world will be those not with oil but with water. You can't drink or irrigate crops with oil.

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Reply #309 - Nov 30^th, 2008 at 5:22pm

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Not wrong there,

Water will become a commodity worth bottling......

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