Townsville in crisis. 8.30 is the danger time.

**donh54** · 6th February 2019, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Wivenhoe was built to be a flood mitigation dam. Then came the bad drought and Brisbane was on serious water restrictions so it became a water storage dam after the drought broke. "No worries, mate. We've had our big flood. No need to keep space in the dam for another." So, 37 years later along comes another "one in 100 years flood."

A senior bureaucrat in the old Irrigation and Water Supply Commission told me at a heavy plant seminar that at least two dams in Qld. were built against the Dept's advice. These dams were built not to catch water but to catch votes in marginal electorates.

BIL was a surveyor with the State Gov many moons ago. They did a lot of work identifying possible dam sites. The site of the dam outside Gympie, (Traveston) was around 14 or 15 down the list of suitable sites. Too shallow and insufficient catchment size/rainfall history for serious consideration.
One particular State government wasted tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on the proposal to build it, mainly because it was in an electorate where they would never get votes.

**PhilipA** · 12th February 2019, 02:43 PM

Learned an interesting thing from my Pest bloke yesterday. He is an ex military helicopter pilot and has his own Bell.

He has been on a contract with Townsville Council for the last 9 days shooting crocs from the helicopter.

Apparently they shoot in two hour shifts using imported Tungsten tipped bullets to penetrate the skulls.

They have a gun rest on the outside of the helicopter and sit in a sling. he mentioned a something 6.5 as the weapon.
He reckons the biggest problem now is snakes.

Regards Philip A

**tc_s1** · 12th February 2019, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Learned an interesting thing from my Pest bloke yesterday. He is an ex military helicopter pilot and has his own Bell.

He has been on a contract with Townsville Council for the last 9 days shooting crocs from the helicopter.

Apparently they shoot in two hour shifts using imported Tungsten tipped bullets to penetrate the skulls.

They have a gun rest on the outside of the helicopter and sit in a sling. he mentioned a something 6.5 as the weapon.
He reckons the biggest problem now is snakes.

Regards Philip A

Creedmore 6.5 perhaps

**bob10** · 15th February 2019, 09:29 AM

The inland sea moving to the Gulf.

True extent of the devastating Queensland floods are revealed as a 'mega-river' suddenly appears - and it's so wide it can be seen from SPACE

**trout1105** · 15th February 2019, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by bob10

The inland sea moving to the Gulf.

True extent of the devastating Queensland floods are revealed as a 'mega-river' suddenly appears - and it's so wide it can be seen from SPACE

This is awful for the land owners But the crabbers and prawn fishermen will be rubbing their hands together gleefully with this sort of WET.

**bob10** · 15th February 2019, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by trout1105

This is awful for the land owners But the crabbers and prawn fishermen will be rubbing their hands together gleefully with this sort of WET.

Must be filling up the artesian basin, as well. Interesting to see what the ground water estimations are now.

**V8Ian** · 15th February 2019, 06:08 PM

These poor buggers need our help, show your Aussie spirit and support the raffle, please.

RAFFLE; Fundraiser for NQ flood victims.

**bob10** · 15th February 2019, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

These poor buggers need our help, show your Aussie spirit and support the raffle, please.

RAFFLE; Fundraiser for NQ flood victims.

These fundraisers are wonderful showcases of our spirit. But exactly where is the money going? I need to know the end result before I donate.

**V8Ian** · 15th February 2019, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by bob10

These fundraisers are wonderful showcases of our spirit. But exactly where is the money going? I need to know the end result before I donate.

Fair question Bob, I thought you knew as you acknowledged the OP.

North Queensland floods.

At this polnt in time, I've not heard of any affected AULRO members, but that could be down to dodgy comms or having higher priorities than flapping their cybergums here.

If any subscribers need a hand, or you know of any subscribers in that boat, please let me know.

**weeds** · 16th February 2019, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Learned an interesting thing from my Pest bloke yesterday. He is an ex military helicopter pilot and has his own Bell.

He has been on a contract with Townsville Council for the last 9 days shooting crocs from the helicopter.

Apparently they shoot in two hour shifts using imported Tungsten tipped bullets to penetrate the skulls.

They have a gun rest on the outside of the helicopter and sit in a sling. he mentioned a something 6.5 as the weapon.
He reckons the biggest problem now is snakes.

Regards Philip A

It’s a shame the crocs are being shot......but I guess there isn’t any other solution.

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