A city 'visible' from the water

The longest and most severe drought in Australian history has drained 80% of the water on Lake Eucumbene, revealing the imposing skeleton of Adaminaby town after half a decade of submergence. People say ' ghosts ' of Adaminaby are returning .

In 1957, the remote Adaminaby town was located on the Snowy Mountains, receiving orders to move all out of the area to make room to create Eucumbene water reservoir - one of the biggest planning phases of the project of building Snowy hydropower plant, with the purpose of supplying electricity to the entire remote mountainous area.

7,000 people and more than 50 works were moved to another hill 9 km away, setting up the town also named Adaminaby. There were wooden houses that were simply lifted off the ground, placed behind the truck and transported to the new location. Some other more solid buildings such as St. John's Church are carefully removed one brick at a time, then rebuilt as before.

The return of the " Adaminaby ghost " has revived the painful memories of the people who used to live in the old town.

Image of river and lake bottom cracked because of dryness.

The return of Adaminaby in an austere state makes the old people unable to help

The government must issue a ban to prevent people from collecting 'historical sites'.