Lindsay Island, Victoria
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These images demonstrate the dramatic effects environmental watering has had on Lindsay Island throughout April to December 2009.
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Websters Lagoon, Lindsay Island (April 2009)
Lindsay Island is located on the Victorian and South Australian border.
Websters Lagoon, Lindsay Island (December 2009)
It is part of the Chowilla Floodplain and Lindsay-Wallpolla Islands Living Murray icon site.
Woodcutters, Lindsay Island (April 2009)
Lindsay Island contains large areas of river red gum, black box woodland and diverse wetland habitats.
Woodcutters, Lindsay Island (December 2009)
In autumn and spring 2009, the site received environmental water.
Stockyards, Lindsay Island (April 2009)
Watering has helped to maintain the river red gums and understorey vegetation which are threatened by depletion of soil moisture and underlying saline groundwater.
Stockyards, Lindsay Island (December 2009)
These threats impact on a diverse range of waterbirds, fish, frogs and turtles.
Websters Lagoon, Lindsay Island (April 2009)
Victoria will manage the watering at the site.
Websters Lagoon, Lindsay Island (December 2009)
This includes monitoring of the ecological responses and providing information to the Commonwealth.