Water

Forty five millimetres of rain fell at the Castlemaine Prison over the two days September 9 and 10. After good winter rains [63 mls in June, 73 mls in July and 63 in August] the streams were ready to run, and they did.

Forest Creek, September 10: not a lake, but modestly impressive

Fryers Creek tributary, September 10: ephemeral streams started running throughout the district after good rains last week.