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  • I quite like the Margaret Rutherford ‘camp old nonsense’, but I have to admit that Joan Hickson’s interpretation of her as ‘insufferable old bat’ is definitive (ask anyone in Wivenhoe).

    Geraldine McEwan is not Miss Marple 2006

  • Inquiry head calls Wivenhoe flood manual 'a bit of a mess' QUEENSLAND's flood commissioner has described the operations manual for Brisbane's Wivenhoe dam as "a bit of a mess".

    The Australian | News | 2011

  • Aussigecko's comments about Wivenhoe Dam are quite correct, please read.

    Australian floods: Why were we so surprised? 2011

  • Whether Wivenhoe management should have allowed minor flooding in Brisbane sooner or not, and whether allowing minor flooding of Brisbane in December would have meant less major flooding this week, maybe the review will inform us more.

    Australian floods: Why were we so surprised? 2011

  • The rising flood waters have forced officials to release water from the Wivenhoe Dam, built to protect Brisbane after devastating floods in 1974.

    More Deaths Likely in Australian Flooding Disaster 2011

  • As of Friday the 7th, Wivenhoe stood at 105% - more-or-less the 100% set point for drinking water.

    Australian floods: Why were we so surprised? 2011

  • A lot of the floods in Brisbane were from inflows below Wivenhoe Dam, which would have occurred even with no water from Wivenhoe.

    Australian floods: Why were we so surprised? 2011

  • The Wivenhoe Dam on the Brisbane river was built to protect the city of Brisbane from another flood like the one of 1974.

    Australian floods: Why were we so surprised? 2011

  • Wivenhoe Bookshop23 High Street, Wivenhoe, Essex CO7 9BE, 01206 824050Behind the charming 17th-century clapboard facade of Wivenhoe Bookshop lie two small but perfectly formed rooms filled with books, and a large shed in the courtyard out back, loftily known as the event space.

    Independent Bookshops in East England 2011

  • I can't comment on the management of Wivenhoe Dam, but I understand the flood mitigation part was emptied before the wet season because of the coming floods.

    Australian floods: Why were we so surprised? 2011

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