If you search Lake George in my blog, you will see photos of it in many stages between empty and full. The lake is about 25 km long and 10 km wide and is very shallow (particularly when it is almost empty). I have never seen it full, but my grandad once told me that it was actually full enough to splash across the highway that runs along the western side; the Oldies confirm that it was totally full back in the early 1990s. Because it has no rivers or creeks flowing into it, it only fills when we have lots of rain. When there is no rain the water evaporates away. The deepest it ever gets is about 4.5 metres in the south-east section. Over the years it has seen speedboats, ultra-light aircraft, sheep and cows using it, depending on how full/empty it is. That's one of our wind farms that you can see on the far shore. I hope I get to see it full again, it has been mostly empty all the times I have driven past it.
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This week I had my 19th birthday celebrations; 19 years since Mum found me on a shelf in the TeddyBear Shop looking for a home. It has been a great 19 years and I have seen a lot of the world while travelling with the Oldies. We couldn't go very far away this year but there are mutterings about trips as soon as borders open. So my birthday celebrations were spread out over a week. The border with NSW is now open, so we started by driving to Goulburn on Wednesday for lunch at my favourite cafe, the Paragon. This cafe is like a replica of the way they were in the 1950s and the meals are huge, easily big enough for Dad and I to share. Birthday cards and FaceBook wishes started pouring in for my actual birthday on Friday. The day started with bubbly and small-bear-size cake, and a sizable cash present. It finished with dinner at Olive, another of my favourite restaurants. Final celebration was yesterday at Meat & Wine Co with Unka Chris, Aunt Michane and Unka Piet. You have probably noticed that all the meals are very much those that a 19 year old carnivore enjoys.
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