Large Aeschnea covered with dew in early morning. Neighbourhood, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 22 July 2016
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The Menindee Lakes is a natural series of lakes that fill with water when the Darling-Baaka River floods. In the 1960s, a series of engineering projects augmented the Menindee Lakes, allowing water to be directed into the lakes and held back or released. This ensured a reliable water supply for the city of Broken Hill, the township of Menindee and secure supply of water for the Lower Darling River and supply to South Australia.
The Menindee Lakes system provides important habitat, nursery and recruitment for native fish, such as the Murray Cod and Golden Perch. It is important habitat for a huge variety of native and migratory bird species. The Menindee Lakes system is vital to the communities of the Far West, providing recreation and amenity, as well as attracting tourism, recreational fishing, horticulture and viticulture.
The Darling-Baaka River is central to the cultural, spiritual and economic lives of the Barkindji people.
The health of the Menindee Lakes and the Darling-Baaka River are intimately linked. The lakes fill from the Darling-Baaka River and water stored in the Menindee Lakes keeps the Lower Darling flowing during dry times. The Great Darling Anabranch is a series of ephemeral creeks, billabongs and lakes that wind their way to the Murray River to the west of the main Darling-Baaka River Channel.
Source: Save Menindee Lakes (www.savemenindeelakes.org.au/the_history)
Op vrijdag 15 maart werd treinstel 766 van Stichting de Hondekop 766 voor onderhoud overgebracht van emplacement Arnhem Goederen Opstel NS naar de NS werkplaats in Leidschendam. De route voerde vanaf Arnhem via Ede-Wageningen-Utrecht-Woerden-Gouda en Zoetermeer naar Den Haag waar op station Ypenburg kop werd gemaakt en vervolgens naar Leidschendam werd gereden. Na het onderhoud werd het fraaie treinstel op zondag 17 maart 2024 via dezelfde route als op vrijdag weer overgebracht van Leidschendam naar emplacement Arnhem Goederen Opstel NS. Op de donkere vrijdag 15 maart zien we de 766 bij Zevenhuizen de fotograaf passeren richting Leidschendam. Als iemand het treinnummer heeft dan houdt ik mij aanbevolen!
Zevenhuizen, 15-3-2024