Water water everywhere

So, here's a photo of what the lake level normally looks like at this time of year (although normally there's a bit less snow!)

And so this morning we thought we'd take another photo for comparison... unfortunately the Queenstown Photography club also thought that was a great idea so we didn't exactly get the clean shot we were after (the lake's risen another 200 mm since then and is still rising).

Since this time last week, the lake has risen by 1.3 metres. The lake is pretty big, so the amount of water needed to lift the level that much is over 350 BILLION litres. Which is pretty cool.

Sorry but I've had to delete the last photo as it's now been sold to the local papers. Will try and get some more shots tomorrow.