Rain... flamin' Rain !!!!!!!!!!!!

[AndyP]

So I guess I should just rip up all of the pipes and spinklers that were installed thoroughout the yard.

[Grunt]

So I guess I should just rip up all of the pipes and spinklers that were installed thoroughout the yard.

Have been told by the govt down here that sprinklers may never be allowed again.

[Jarro]

Might as well, i got rid of mine long ago

Got a rainwater tank yet Andeepee ?

[Grunt]

Jarro, what size Tank have you got? I assume you have one.

[PeteyD]

What a load of crap. As if they would ban sprinklers forever. Peoples memories are short.

[AndyP]

jarro, my electronic sprinkler system hadn't even been completely installed. It was partially installed when we bought the place, we fixed it up and changed a few things and I only had a couple of little things to do and it would have been finished. I'm hoping it comes back at some stage.

I don't have plans for a rainwater tank. I don't care about the garden that much. In fact, I've just gone on a roundup spree.

[Grunt]

What a load of crap. As if they would ban sprinklers forever. Peoples memories are short.

Well Pete they have said that full release of water restrictions will NEVER happen here in Sydney no matter how full the dams are.

[Jarro]

Grant, i've only got a 2000lt poly tank at the moment, but i have designs on getting another one in the not too distant future

[AndyP]

Full release would mean you could water 24/7. That's fine, but you could still use sprinklers if the hours were limited like they were a couple of levels back.

[Jarro]

You could use your sprinklers whenever you liked if you hooked them up to a rainwater tank

[PeteyD]

Governments change Gruntus.

[Grunt]

I am thinking of getting off my date and installing one again. Got to clear the area down the side of the house and see what size tank I can fit in.
Would be good to be able to water lawns at will, rather than the Sundays and Wednesdays at the moment.

[goughy]

I don't think there's any need for a full release of water restrictions. Up here I think they are released at like 50%. But really, the 1st level of restrictions only brings in odd/even day watering between certain hours. Who needs to water their garden/lawn 7 days a week.

Personally up here I think private bores should be under the restrictions, and if bad enough even water tanks.

I haven't watered my lawn ever, and haven't done the garden in maybe 5 or 6 years. Heck, only shower twice a week (see if you can guess which week of the year that is too )

[PeteyD]

Go and stuff some chairs. Some people like their gardens (lawn etc) and should be able to work on them. Of course, water in Poowoomba is feral anyway ...

[CobraSS]

There's talk of another tropical low making it's way down the Queensland coast later this week ....... more rain on the way folks

There HAS to be a significant increase in our dam levels now surely

So far, some very very minor flooding here on the back roads (mainly the one I have to use to get to work) at Woodford, so yeah, Somerset will get some benefit, but more is needed, and apparently it is coming

[CobraSS]

I'm sure i read somewhere that they are very unlikely to relax the restrictions ...... for the very reason they probably don't tell us the exact levels in the dams ..... for fear that people will go nuts and use heaps of water on mass !!

exact levels here www.seqwater.com.au , seqwater have no reason to hide them, stop with the conspirary theories please Jarho

[CobraSS]

Well Pete they have said that full release of water restrictions will NEVER happen here in Sydney no matter how full the dams are.

and fair enough too.................

[markTHEblake]

You could use your sprinklers whenever you liked if you hooked them up to a rainwater tank

i saw somewhere that if things got worse they will legislate against that as well

I guess the principle being if you can use your tank water for essentials thats less of a drain on the public water. Makes sense if the drought is severe.


(or was it bore water - maybe both)

[Jarro]

i saw somewhere that if things got worse they will legislate against that as well

How will they know you have a tank if you don't apply for the rebate ?

[markTHEblake]

same way they ping people now - encourage the nieghbours to dob in anyone breaking the rules.

[Jarro]

How do your neighbours know that you haven't applied for a rebate ?

Honestly, i can't see how the hell they'd ever find out that you hadn't submitted the paperwork ..... there are so many watertanks out there now it's not funny.

[goughy]

During the last big rain storm we had here my neighbour had the sprinkler out on his lawn! I'm guessing his 3 tanks were full and it was just from the overflow, but it looked nuts.

[AndyP]

A huge rain storm just came through the western suburbs of Brisbane. There is now a lake in my backyard (there are a couple of drainage issues around the side). It must have been at least 3 years since that happened.

[BrisVegas]

just saw a glorious semi-circle rainbow out the front of my place (looking east) following an afternoon's worth of rain. Sorry, my mobile phone camera doesn't do it justice...

[PeteyD]

That Rainbow is witness to a lot of flooding out this way.