Murray-Darling Basin

Australian Water Crisis

Lower Lakes, Murray Mouth,
Goolwa, South Australia
IHTEC www.ihtec.org

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 Murray Darling Basin – Queensland, NSW, Vic, SA.
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 Slide Show Photos
Murray River & Lower Lakes
Milang

Goolwa

Lake Albert

Murray Mouth

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 Goolwa - Normal Level 1987

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 Goolwa January 2008

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 Goolwa January 2008

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 Goolwa Township 1987
Bird Hide

Yacht Club

Goolwa Wharf

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 Yacht Club 1987

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 Goolwa Wharf 1987

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 River Murray at Goolwa
South Australia 2008

Bird Hide is dry

Visible Sand Banks

River is waist deep

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 Bird Hide 2008

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 Bird Hide 2008

Goolwa Barage 2008

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 Goolwa Barrage 1987

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 Coorong – Ocean 1987
Normal levels behind barrage

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 Lake Alexandrina 2008

River Murray

Currency Creek
almost dry

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 Slide Show Photos
Murray River & Lower Lakes
Milang

Goolwa

Lake Albert

Murray Mouth

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 Milang, South Aust Normal Level

www.RiverMurray.com

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 Milang, SA. 2008

www.RiverMurray.com

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 Slide Show Photos
Murray River & Lower Lakes
Milang

Goolwa

Lake Albert

Murray Mouth

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 Lake Albert - Meningie

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 Lake Albert - Meningie

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 Lake Albert - Meningie

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 Aboriginal Sea Country Plan
 It is essential
that local native
knowledge is
fully included if
the planet is to
achieve peace &
sustainability.

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 The Port Elliot School Flyers

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 Children’s Poster

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 IHTEC

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 Watershed Peace Pathways
 Participation in IHTEC’s Watershed Peace
Pathways (WPP) program .
 Schools link to their water, river and
streams expert knowledge base.
 Create School Poster using an outline of
your nearest river basin or watershed.
 Receive IHTEC’s WPP Award and
Certificate and logo pin.

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 Acknowledgements
 Frank Refchange – photography 2008
 David Morton & Tom Easling – aerial
reconnaissance 1987 & 2008
 Scott Irvine – photography 2008
 Julia Morton-Marr – photography 1987
 Shane Howard and Anne Todd – Song
“Let the Murray Flow”
 www.MurrayRiver.com photography

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