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Lake Eildon
A view of the lake showing where the water level used to be less than 15 years ago
Location	Southern Victoria
Lake type	reservoir
Primary sources	Goulburn River
Primary outflows	Goulburn River
Basin countries	Australia
Water volume	3,390,000 ml (when full)

A panoramic mosaic of Lake Eildon, circa 2000.

The view of Lake Eildon from Merlo's Lookout in early 2007, showing one of the boat ramps now well and truly clear of water.

Lake Eildon is the impoundment created by Eildon Weir on the Goulburn River in southern Victoria, Australia. At 3,390,000 ML when full, it contains five times as much water as Sydney Harbour and is the second largest water storage in Victoria. It is located within Lake Eildon National Park. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x681, 292 KB) Taken by me (Micah Powell) on 8th October 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake (from Latin lacus) is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... ... The middle reaches of the Goulburn at Seymour The Goulburn River is a major inland river in Victoria, Australia. ... The middle reaches of the Goulburn at Seymour The Goulburn River is a major inland river in Victoria, Australia. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2653x397, 72 KB) Mosaic of Lake Eildon from Merlos Lookout highlighting the low water level. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2653x397, 72 KB) Mosaic of Lake Eildon from Merlos Lookout highlighting the low water level. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 794 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (1632 Ã— 1232 pixel, file size: 692 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This photo was taken from Merlos Lookout at Lake Eildon National Park on February 19, 2007. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 794 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (1632 Ã— 1232 pixel, file size: 692 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This photo was taken from Merlos Lookout at Lake Eildon National Park on February 19, 2007. ... The middle reaches of the Goulburn at Seymour The Goulburn River is a major inland river in Victoria, Australia. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia, also known as Sydney Harbour and is the largest natural harbour in the world. ... Dartmouth Dam is a large dam on the Mitta River in north-eastern Victoria, creating the artificial Lake Dartmouth storing water from the Victorian High Country for summer release into the Mitta (and the downstream Lake Hume) and subsequently into the greater Murray river for irrigation. ... Lake Eildon is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 111 km northeast of Melbourne. ...

The lake was created in several stages. The first dam was constructed between 1915 and 1929, creating what was then known as Sugarloaf Reservoir. The storage was enlarged to 377,000 ML in 1935, and then enlarged almost tenfold between 1951 and 1955. On average, 91% of the water from Lake Eildon goes to the Goulburn Weir and the Waranga Basin before it flows to irrigators in the Goulburn Valley system. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Original Weir Wall. ... Waranga Basin is a reservoir forming part of the Goulburn River irrigation system in Victoria. ...

In recent years, Lake Eildon has rarely filled, and the once-thriving holiday destinations around the lake have been unable to attract visitors, leading to considerable economic hardship. Although water is in great demand for agriculture, careful regulation has kept outflows fairly static. The drop in storage levels is attributed to long-term climate change, part of the worldwide global warming trend^{[citation needed]}. As of 2007-05-08, Lake Eildon had dropped to an all-time low of 5.3% capacity.[1] Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400,000 years For current global climate change, see Global warming. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Proposed Closure

In June of 2007, the Victoria Government announced that Lake Eildon would be connected to Melbourne's metropolitan water supply via a pipeline from the Golburn River. This has led to some speculation that Lake Eildon will be be permanently closed for recreation, as there has been some concerns from the operator of Lake Eildon that recreational users are adversely affecting the water quality of the Lake.

The nearby town of Bonnie Doon was the location for the holiday scenes in the movie, The Castle. Bonnie Doon () is a small village Victoria, Australia. ... The Castle is a 1997 Australian film that gained widespread acclaim in Australia, but that was not well understood by those unfamiliar with Australian humour and values. ...

External link

Lake Eildon Tourism Website
Goulburn Murray Water Lake Eildon article

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Parks Victoria: Lake Eildon National Park page (1145 words)
	Lake Eildon National Park is in the northern foothills of Victoria's Central Highlands, 150 km north-east of Melbourne.
	The original Fraser National Park was established in the 1950s in association with the development of Lake Eildon, which was first constructed in the 1920s and enlarged in the 1950s to store water for irrigation and hydro-electricity.
	Former farmland on the lake’s western shore became a national park, and indigenous trees and shrubs slowly regenerated on the cleared land.

Lake Eildon a must for wakeboarding in Victoria, Australia \| Wakeboard Victoria (581 words)
	Lake Eildon is one place that you absolutely must wakeboard when you are in Victoria.
	Lake Eildon has also played host to events like board stock that have taken place at Fraser national park which have put it firmly on the map.
	Lake Eildon is on the way to every where and you can find a million ways of getting there but for arguments sake, we will keep it simple and give you the options from Melbourne heading to Bonnie Doon and then Jerusalem Creek.

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