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Hickeys Lake

There is a little spot along Zimin Drive that for a while there over the wet season it was affectionately known as "Hickeys Lake".

According to some old locals they have seen water pouring up from the sinkholes like a fountain in the area back in the 70's. I have been for a run through the area back in my Hash House Harriers times and know the place is honeycombed with caves and holes in the ridges.

During the Katherine Flood, water "crept" into the area and stayed for months. I saw about 200 pelicans there one day.

Then for a few years after heavy rains  refilled it and the water table also rose, blocking off Florina road yet again. Wreaking havoc with traffic and local business in the region.

The Government and the Council had allocated few dollars to spend on raising many of the low spots in the local roads and also to dig a drainage canal (March 03) out to lower land and onto the Katherine River.

Hay bales during the dry season

The new drain to solve the water problem

Zimin Drive in March 2001

Florina Road at Zimin turn off before the road was raised a few metres.