Carl Walters & Lissy

Job in water sustainability - been in different roles over 35 years

Area covered from Swan Hill to Numurkah, with 15,000 farms and 650,000 Ha

Irrigation use in Australia = 6 million megalitres water

In Goulburn Murray Catchment Area = 6 million megalitres

GMW Connections Project is 9,000 km of channels, with a plan to reduce this to 6,000 km

Basin Plan = environmental water, plan to save 2750 Gigalitres of water

Currently modernising channel supply system in GMID costing over two billion dollars with the plan for irrigators to have access to higher and more uniform flow rates and automation of irrigation systems

The aim is for modernising sysyems, saving water and labour, increase production, more flexibility and make it attractive to younger farmers

 

Lissy

German Exchange Student

 

Just returned from Safari "Rock to Reef''

47 exchange students went on safari from mostly German speaking nations

Left from Wodonga on 26th March and travelled to:

Warnambool

Adelaide (wraps everyday for lunch)

Coober Pedy

Uluru

Alice Springs (bush tucker tour)

Mt Isa

Charters Towers

Cairns (held up for two days due to cyclone Debbie)

Great Barrier Reef

Gold Coast

Byron Bay

Sydney

 

Had a great time in Austarlia, heading back home on Sunday 29th April.

Thanked the Rotary Club for their support