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Date: 30 Aug 2006 10:09:07
From: Colin Wilson
Subject: Things are getting bad
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The rains have failed this winter. The water storages in my area of
rural Victoria, at the end of winter, are 13% full. People in local
towns are on Stage 4 water restrictions ... no garden watering at all,
no car washing, no watering of sports grounds (or golf courses).
Tomorrow will be 22C (72F) and it's still winter. The grass is growing
at my course already, but it looks like it will dry off really early
too. Some of the local courses that use town water could lose their
greens this summer.
This is looking as bad as the bushfire holocaust of 1982-83.
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Cheers
Colin Wilson
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Date: 31 Aug 2006 22:50:37
From: Tom K
Subject: Re: Things are getting bad
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We've got your rain here in New Jersey. And getting 3 more inches this
Saturday...
--Tom
"Colin Wilson" <nowhere@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:7tdJg.20288$rP1.14233@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> The rains have failed this winter. The water storages in my area of rural
> Victoria, at the end of winter, are 13% full. People in local towns are on
> Stage 4 water restrictions ... no garden watering at all, no car washing,
> no watering of sports grounds (or golf courses).
>
> Tomorrow will be 22C (72F) and it's still winter. The grass is growing at
> my course already, but it looks like it will dry off really early too.
> Some of the local courses that use town water could lose their greens this
> summer.
>
> This is looking as bad as the bushfire holocaust of 1982-83.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Colin Wilson
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> Trentham Golf Club: http://www.trenthamgolf.com
> Barnbougle Dunes: http://publishing.kyneton.net.au/barnbougle
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Date: 30 Aug 2006 15:49:29
From: Faz
Subject: Re: Things are getting bad
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Is this Vivtoia, BC or Victoria across the pond?????
"Colin Wilson" <nowhere@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:7tdJg.20288$rP1.14233@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> The rains have failed this winter. The water storages in my area of rural
> Victoria, at the end of winter, are 13% full. People in local towns are on
> Stage 4 water restrictions ... no garden watering at all, no car washing,
> no watering of sports grounds (or golf courses).
>
> Tomorrow will be 22C (72F) and it's still winter. The grass is growing at
> my course already, but it looks like it will dry off really early too.
> Some of the local courses that use town water could lose their greens this
> summer.
>
> This is looking as bad as the bushfire holocaust of 1982-83.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Colin Wilson
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Trentham Golf Club: http://www.trenthamgolf.com
> Barnbougle Dunes: http://publishing.kyneton.net.au/barnbougle
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Date: 01 Sep 2006 23:54:29
From: Peter Strauss
Subject: Re: Things are getting bad
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:49:29 GMT, "Faz" <chuckfaz@shawdelete.ca >
wrote:
> Is this Vivtoia, BC or Victoria across the pond?????
>
Ah, Vivtoia! Hadn't thought about her for years.
Wonderful lady, that.
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Date: 30 Aug 2006 12:11:21
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: Things are getting bad
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:49:29 GMT, "Faz" <chuckfaz@shawdelete.ca >
wrote:
>Is this Vivtoia, BC or Victoria across the pond?????
>
>
>
>"Colin Wilson" <nowhere@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:7tdJg.20288$rP1.14233@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> The rains have failed this winter. The water storages in my area of rural
>> Victoria, at the end of winter, are 13% full. People in local towns are on
>> Stage 4 water restrictions ... no garden watering at all, no car washing,
>> no watering of sports grounds (or golf courses).
>>
>> Tomorrow will be 22C (72F) and it's still winter. The grass is growing at
>> my course already, but it looks like it will dry off really early too.
>> Some of the local courses that use town water could lose their greens this
>> summer.
>>
>> This is looking as bad as the bushfire holocaust of 1982-83.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Colin Wilson
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Trentham Golf Club: http://www.trenthamgolf.com
>> Barnbougle Dunes: http://publishing.kyneton.net.au/barnbougle
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
It's Victoria across the other pond and way down south..........
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jvdp
The only way to beat me is to make a hole in one
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 30 Aug 2006 06:17:43
From: Aress Gee
Subject: Re: Things are getting bad
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Colin Wilson <nowhere@nospam.com > writes:
> The rains have failed this winter. The water storages in my area of
> rural Victoria, at the end of winter, are 13% full. People in local
> towns are on Stage 4 water restrictions ... no garden watering at all,
> no car washing, no watering of sports grounds (or golf courses).
>
> Tomorrow will be 22C (72F) and it's still winter. The grass is growing
> at my course already, but it looks like it will dry off really early
> too. Some of the local courses that use town water could lose their
> greens this summer.
>
> This is looking as bad as the bushfire holocaust of 1982-83.
Wishing you well (and wells), Colin.
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Date: 30 Aug 2006 10:40:19
From: ruud
Subject: Re: Things are getting bad
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:09:07 GMT, Colin Wilson <nowhere@nospam.com >
wrote:
>The rains have failed this winter. The water storages in my area of
>rural Victoria, at the end of winter, are 13% full. People in local
>towns are on Stage 4 water restrictions ... no garden watering at all,
>no car washing, no watering of sports grounds (or golf courses).
>
>Tomorrow will be 22C (72F) and it's still winter. The grass is growing
>at my course already, but it looks like it will dry off really early
>too. Some of the local courses that use town water could lose their
>greens this summer.
>
>This is looking as bad as the bushfire holocaust of 1982-83.
I'm coming down there this weekend for an extended weekend to play
golf and watch some footy. So no doubt the drought will break.
Although it's not much better in Sydney, we're at about 35% and we're
stealing water from down the south coast also.
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