11 years ago when I first moved out here it always had fresh coming in. The banks were always sodden, and you needed to be careful you didn't slip in places. It must've been 2013-14-ish when the creek dried up, apparently for the first time in 30 years or 60 years depending on who you talked to. Then the seepage stopped. We'd get a miserly "wet" season, and the creek dried up every year. I think 2021 is the first Dry Season in years that the creek has not dried up. Thank goodness.

We're still on level 3 water restrictions, since 2017. The council finally found another water source, four or five km further out. Everything is complete - except for power. Ergon can't connect it until January or February. When that's finally connected and the town is using that water, the local water table should start replenishing itself.