Lake Mulwala

I recently posted about our trip to Yarrawonga in Victoria, and the first towing experience we had while there.

I also mentioned that for the first few days we were minding the two boys of one of our friends. We did this while she attended a trip to The Maldives she earned through work. While there, we took the boys out for a fly of my new drone on the shores of Lake Mulwala. After I showed them the basics, they each had a go at controlling the drone. It seemed to me they enjoyed the experience; they told me they did, and I hope they weren’t simply being polite.

Lake Mulwala is a man–made reservoir created through the construction of the Yarrawonga Weir across the Murray River. It is located between Bundalong and Yarrawonga in the Hume region of Victoria and Mulwala in the Riverina region of New South Wales. The weir was constructed in 1939 to provide water for irrigation of the surrounding district. The weir also serves as a crossing of the Murray between Yarrawonga and Mulwala; in addition to the crossing located via the Mulwala Bridge.

The area of the lake we visited was littered with the protruding trunks of many dead trees. I imagine they will disappear over time as they rot away, but it surprises me there are still so many given it has already been 80 years since the area was flooded. They certainly provide an unusual aesthetic and I suspect they would make a great backdrop to a horror film under the appropriate lighting conditions.

Update: Aug 16, 2019

With the creation of our YouTube channel and new title sequence I have revamped the Lake Mulwala video, replacing the two old segments with a single version (below)