Over on LinkedIn, my colleague Prof. Wendy Timms has a nice video of her on groundwater recharge fieldwork in the lava caves at Byaduk. Check it out!

Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN… | Wendy Timms
Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN FAGU with a wide research team. The Australian Research Council funded setup of this National Observatory*. Shout out to local helpers including catchment managers, geotech engineers and gold geologists, my family, and students and uni staff who have ventured into our underground spaces in mines, tunnels and caves for this valuable data (2022-to date). It's a followup to an IAH2025 presentation* on implications of record low soil moisture deficits across parts of Australia for water availability in catchments and basaltic aquifers and associated reports on drip seepage in local mines. Now back to the computer and catching up on desk work.... *The IAH presentation is here with links to download several journal papers and articles: https://lnkd.in/geCsZSji








