ケアンズの水がめ：モリス湖

9月24日(水)快晴

豪州全体が地球温暖化による水不足に苦しんでいますが、ケアンズは別天地。モリス湖はケアンズから南西22km、海抜500m。かつての銅山跡地に1976年完成した巨大人造湖。総工費6億5000万円と日本より桁違いに安いのは、コンクリート製ではなく岩と土で作ったダムだから。危機管理のため完成当初からボート、キャンプ、遊泳など人造湖周辺への立ち入り禁止。湖畔唯一のカフェが10：00amから3：00pmまでオープン。

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Water jar of Cairns, Lake Morris
Wed. September 24 : fine

Every state in Australia has struggled with the water shortage had caused by global warming but Cairns is a different world. Lake Morris locates 22km south west of Cairns and 500m high above the sea level. It is a huge artificial lake built in the abandoned copper mine in 1976. The total construction fee was $6,500,000 and that is incommensurably lower than it costs in Japan because this dam is made of rocks and earth but concrete. For the crisis management the artificial lake has been prohibiting an entry by boating, camping, and swimming since its completion. The only café that locates besides the lake opens from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

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