Thursday 31st July.
Situated 75 km's south east of Julia Creek near Nelia on the open downs country is the Proa Redclaw farm. This interesting farm is a 17,000 acre grazing property running sheep and cattle, and Redclaw since 1999 when the owners started building above ground ponds.
Today they have 1.2 hectares of water area in 12 ponds filled by Artesian water, some containing up to 16,000 Redclaw also known in some circles as Champagne Lobster.
Another interesting fact that we learned while visiting the Julia Creek information centre (better known as "At The Creek") is that all groundwater to the north of Julia Creek flows to the north ending up in the Gulf Of Carpentaria, whereas groundwater to the south of the town flows to the south ultimately into Lake Eyre. Considering that the area is relatively flat for a hundred or so kilometres in all directions we found this to be a fascinating fact.
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