Tales of Us
Fog Harvest
Morning Fog (July 8th)
Dowsing
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Divining rods are two l-shaped iron rods
the farmlands in the winter mornings
that are traditionally used to locate water
Woomelang that ominous charm. My
and other materials beneath the ground.
To this day the method is suspicious and unexplained.
previous understand of fog harvesting was that they were only used in mountainous regions.
The War Drum / Flynn Barbary
Divining Rods & The History of the Wells
The fog which loomes and rolls along give
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During my last visit I decided to My nana and I met with relatives that own a farm in nearby Watchupga to test the quality of the groundwater in the wells. For decades, the groundwater has been too brackish to use, and still is.
borrow some materials and test the fog harvesting system on site.
The material was suspended by two trees in a low-lying area north of town, situated between two open grazing paddocks and a hay shed.
The aim was to choose a site which
While there, Glenys wanted to see if nana and I could divine water, as they already
had the least amount of obstacles which blocked fog from flowing while suspending the system against the direction of the wind.
knew where the water pipes were located
Fog Harvest systems are a suspended blanket of material which harvest water from fog as it travels by windflow.
beneath the ground.
Don’t ask me how, but it
worked.
Fog Harvest Construction (July 9th)
Divining Water (July 9th)
Water Collection, 180ml from 1.5m2 overnight (July 10th)
Extracting Water from the Wells (July 9th)
Although the system of how the well operates as it changes over time, the wells in this region re-use materials such as pipe and rope to teather and extract water.