Inland Waterways OzFish: Narran River weir removal 11 March 2021
The weir before removal.
NOT many people would see a dry riverbed as a good thing, but Inland Waterways OzFish were recently involved in a project that took full advantage of the situation. The team, with funding from the NSW Environmental Trust and some assistance from NSW DPI - Fisheries, were able to remove a redundant weir in the Narran River near Lightning Ridge. The decades old barrier to fish movement was no longer needed by the landholder, who was willing to retire their license and have the weir removed.
Removing a weir requires approval to use plant and equipment in sensitive riparian and aquatic areas. It is also an extremely difficult task to undertake when water is flowing over such structures and can add weeks or even months to a project. The dry conditions allowed an excavator to be driven into the bottom of the normally wet channel which dramatically simplified the process of removal. Working in th
Belconnen Rotary Club members, from left, Peter Oldham, Linda Baldwin and Peter Kain.
DEFUNCT Canberra Hospital beds, destined for the tip, are making their way to struggling overseas hospitals â often in developing countries â that have few supplies and little equipment.
The enterprising idea is that of the Belconnen Rotary Club and is one of 100 projects the club has undertaken in its 50-year-history.
A discarded hospital bed heading for a new life helping to save lives in poverty stricken countries.
Some 40 obsolete â but still usable â beds along with other medical equipment such as crutches, wheelchairs, walkers and shower chairs have already been shipped overseas and are helping to save lives in poverty stricken countries.Â
Driving into Moree it s hard not to think of the place as one huge, somewhat leaky, pressure cooker. There s scarcely a hotel or motel here that doesn t advertise a pool or hot tub fed by the mineral-rich natural springs that bubble up from the Great Artesian Basin below.
We are following the Great Artesian Drive, a peregrination around northern NSW that takes in many of the spots where these natural springs splurge to the surface.
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We ve already checked out Pilliga Bore and the one at lonely Burren Junction, but Moree is the first place we ve hit that takes this natural phenomenon and runs with it. Pilliga is a simple square pool just outside the tiny town itself while Burren Junction is essentially a petri dish in which float revolting, mouldy globules of what I can only assume is the effluvium of some alien life form.
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Crown reserves secure over $2 million funding
More than $2 million in funding has been awarded to a range of local improvement projects for Crown land reserves and facilities across the Barwon region.
Upper House MP Sam Farraway said the funding is being provided by the NSW Government under its Crown Reserves Improvement Fund.
“It’s fantastic to see these funds have been secured for a variety of projects this year under the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund program to maintain and upgrade local reserves as well as community facilities located on them,” Mr Farraway said.
“This funding will see infrastructure upgrades to local community halls, parks, showgrounds, PCYC and sporting clubs, caravan parks, museums, racecourses and more as well as maintenance of Crown reserves through noxious weed and pest control.”
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