Floating Islands no moor?

For about 6mths the floating islands reserve has been without water.( One island shown ) The peat based islands have been stuck and the roots of the plants have been going down at least for that time . Plans are afoot to make sure the presently moored island/s float again when enough runoff fills the basin west of Colac. Apparenetly its very likely that there will be not enough water in one year to float the old islands. That can be easily fixed But the big challenge will be to make sure the peat actually rises again on filling . Watch this space. More on local environment click here