Over the past few months, the local council has stated that they will drain our dam & only refill it to a volume that voids all future maintenance & liability for any accidents or breeches of the dam wall.
It will not be large enough to support our racing, or the racing of our sister club of Marblehead Yachts, that use the lake on alternate weekends to us FE guys.
They promised to facilitate an alternate venue with shade, power, drivers stand, & storage for our clubs.
Well the lake has been drained & demolished, & we still haven't got an alternative place to race. Although they have found us a place on the other side of the complex but the facilities have not yet been established.

But we have missed out on many rounds of our championships for the year.

Our Club President and the committee have been fighting tirelessly with the council to keep our club on the water. I have nothing but the utmost of admiration for all their efforts on behalf of the club over the last few months. The Council, the Water Board & even the Lord Mayor of Brisbane have been involved in this fight.

Some of you may remember the improvements that our club have made at our lake. Here's a reminder. And some insight for the newer members on this forum.

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Well here are some pics, courtesy of Trev from our club, to show what has happened to our beautiful lake.

Beginning to drain the lake.
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Partialy drained.
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The dam wall smashed.
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Fully drained. I had a boat & a few props down there somewhere.
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As the title says. Sad! Sad! Sad!