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The National Capital Authority (NCA) today announced that major engineering works at Scrivener Dam have required them to lower lake levels. It is anticipated the work will be completed within 1 to 1.5 years.

Lake Burley Griffin was lowered 200mm on the evening of Friday 25 November 2011 in anticipation of increased water inflows over the following days. This enabled safe completion of inspection and testing works below the flap gates.
Today (1 December 2011), it will be lowered by another 300mm. This will reduce it to approximately the same level reached in February 2003 under drought conditions. […]

Rowing Australia is pleased to announce the seven clubs that have been chosen to conduct an initial ‘Adopt a School’ pilot program throughout Australia.

Following extensive negotiations with the Australian Sports Commission and the office of the Minister for Sport, RA was pleased to receive funding to conduct this ‘Adopt a School’ pilot program. The aim of the ‘Adopt a School’ program is to increase participation in rowing by engaging a wider range of schools and school athletes in a structured and well-resourced program that is safe and sustainable.

Following an application and review process, RA has made funding allocations […]

Status update for the Yarramundi Reach Rowing Course is as follows;
All works that can be executed in Tasmania are now complete. Minor maintenance and additional anchors have been completed over the last week and all parts are now being packed for Transportation to the mainland.

The booking for the Ferry from Tasmania to Melbourne still stands and all materials & tools will be loaded on and ferried across to Melbourne, leaving Tasmania on the 30/10/11. Ian and his team will also travel over at this time as well.
The materials will then be transported to Canberra […]

Jonathon Boyd (from Brown Consulting) who the NCA have contracted to manage the course replacement indicates that:

Ian Dickinson has completed all that can be done whilst he is in Tasmania, aside from some minor maintenance on equipment and additional anchors to be made.
He has booked a crossing on the boat to Melbourne, which was the first available suitable to transport the goods, on the 30/10/11 and will also pick up the buoys on his way up to Canberra.
He will arrive on the 2/11/11 to commence the works. Works will progress quickly and pending no problems […]

Ken Gibson of the NCA has forwarded this message from Joel Stevenson of Brown Consulting who is the Supervising Engineer for the replacement buoyed course.
It refers to his conversations with Ian Dickinson, the Tasmanian responsible for laying our original course and those at most other venues in Australia and SE Asia.

I received an email from Ian and he has advised me that the majority of equipment has arrived except for a couple of major items. Manufacturing of the smaller items has commenced and work on the cables is due to commence next week.

Ian has advised that […]