All photographs by Nic Lowe unless stated otherwise

Highest level (far right) is based on the height of the 1909 flood, the mid-level is from 1956 flooding and the lowest level (left) is from Boxing Day 1999.

The house at the opening before darkness. 
Photograph by Gosia Wlodarczak

Standing behind the grid looking down towards the floodplain

Ute driving along the floodplain past the grid

One of the gum trees amongst the lines of light.

Seen from the side the grid of lights looks like a graph and shows the different levels that the flood waters reached.

The highest level evidenced in photographs was in 1909, the middle level was in 1956 and the lowest 1999.

The work will remain in situ until January 5th 2008.

Thanks to:
The townspeople of Avoca for their warm welcome and open minds. Lyndal Jones for facilitatiing the Residency and running the Avoca Project. Creative Media at RMIT for commissioning. Nic Lowe, writer-in-residence for being a mine of information and for sharing his novel. Alana Burge for local knowledge and bus timetables. Bernie Turner for giving me power. Ash, Alan, Cain and Tim for  putting in posts, millimeter accurate. Steve Collier for digging a trench that I fell down. Steve and Rob for rigging chairs in trees. Simon Pockley for his keen eye, bravery up ladders and great stories. Helen and John  Carruthers for fine food, good company and a shoulder to cry on.

I know I drove some of you crazy with my quest for perfection. I appreciate all your help in achieving what I hope you'll agree is "Good Enough for the Bush" - which seems to mean "as close to perfect as can be achieved whilst remaining sane". It was more than good enough for me.