Down channels, 1914.

When the Lone Gum area had been cleared in 1914, the next step was the construction of the down channels. This work called for a large body of men, who were chiefly accommodated at a camp situated on the dry land above Block 301, and east and west of it. ▒

Water Troubles, 1919

Owing, no doubt to other work being considered of greater importance than the excavation and concreting of tanks, the water supply at present is far from satisfactory. Usually a drop is sent along each week and we have to hold up some of this, by placing bags of earth across the channel, until the next lot comes along. Soon, I understand, the Irrigation Department will begin reconstructing the main channel which supplies Lone Gum and unless our tanks are down and filled before this work begins, what we are going to do for water during the winter is one of the mysteries yet to be solved. Besides domestic requirements there are several horses and a few head of cattle that need water, and it if the Irrigation Department’s intention that the same state of things continues that has been in existence since the last irrigation continues, the outlook is not a pleasant one.