A DELEGATION of some 15 people from the Goulburn Valley including farmers, water stakeholders, councillors including Geoff Dobson and and Rob Priestly along with local Member for Shepparton District, Suzanna Sheed, have left on a learning tour of the Darling River to better understand water issues in the Northern Murray Darling Basin.
The delegation will travel across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Ms Sheed said “Irrigators and water users in the Shepparton Irrigation District understand the difficulties of managing with less water in the system, so we are interested to learn how our counterparts in the Northern Basin are dealing with the issue.
“Visiting farms and speaking to experts along the way will equip us with the knowledge to see the Murray Darling Basin as a whole and it will give us a clearer picture on how operations in the Northern Basin may affect the Southern Basin, and the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District.”
Part of the delegation mission is to gain a better background knowledge on floodplain harvesting and how this impacts the Darling River and water delivery more broadly.
The delegation will start their trip in Wentworth and travel along the Darling River to Menindee, Tilpa, Kallara Station, Dirranbandi, St George, Moree and the Macquarie Marshes.
