OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe excellent start to the Spring continued with around 450mm of rainfall over a 4 day period in early October.Although there has been some damage caused around the region, on the whole it has been welcomed.

Many professional, and amateur weather predictors have likened the conditions to those experienced in 1974 when much of Australia had significantly higher than average rainfall. The high rainfall has flushed some of the Algal bloom (see earlier story) from the Lake however it is likely to return in the coming weeks.

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Lake Baroon spillway on October 11, 2010.
The Mary River at the Kenilworth bridge
The Mary River at the Kenilworth bridge