Emerald Qld 22 July 2019

Emerald Qld 22 July 2019

Lovely relaxing day sitting in the sunshine. Wandered around to the Info place and had a chat about fossicking and how much 'it' was going to be worth when we find it. Wandered down to the shops, drank coffee, bought food, wandered back to van for lunch.

While we were waiting for the 'little man' to come and have a look at our door, we went down to inspect Fairbairn Dam and Lake Maraboon, reputedly 3 1/2 times the size of Sydney Harbour. Last time we were here in 2012 the dam was overflowing, today, not a drop. In fact it looked pretty alarming the water level was so low. Here's the then and now snaps.

THEN, 2012. Lake Maraboon, Emerald Qld

NOW 2019. Lake Maraboon, Emerald Qld

According to Dave, our caravan repair man, the lake has come up a few percentage points over the last 3 months and might even be at 10-11% capacity.

Speaking of Dave, he is David Morris, of Minor Caravan Parts, Emerald and I can recommend him to anyone who wants things fixed on their van. He reckons he had to call it MINOR Caravan Parts to stop people asking hime to replace the entire side and the like.