Huge Storms

Last night we had around 60 mm of rain in some large thunder storms. The rain was much needed as we had not had significant rainfall for some time our stocks in the dams were getting quite low. The dam at the 5th is now full and the main dam is around 4 feet from full. The rain has also given the entire course a good soak with many of the fairways suffering with the extreme hot weather.

The course seems to have held up quite well with the bunkers the exception. Many of the bunkers have considerable water in them and quite a bit of damage has been done with sand and soil washed off the faces. The bunkers will require considerable work now to get them back up to scratch. We have also lost most of a large gum tree in the garden bed near the second putting green. A large branch has fallen across the path to the 10th tee blocking the path.

Tree on path to 10th

More tree

And more ....

Bunker on the 9th

Damage to bunker the 9th

Water coming from the dam behind the 15th into the main dam

Another angle of the pipe from the 15th

Overflow pipe out of the main dam