Below Ground water Tank, Hermannsburg Mission, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory

We visited Hermannsburg on our extended tour of South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. We learnt about the severe problems with drought. The initial work was to build these undergraound water tanks to store rain water. Whilst an inprovement, the infrequent rain meant that additional water supplies were needed. The founders of the mission designed a scheme to pipe water from approximately 12km away and store in a range of additional tanks around the mission. The stitched photo added to the Gallery shows the top of an undergraound rain-water tank whilst the bottom shows the plaque with GPS.