But it pales in comparison to the idea that Lake Wyangan might one day become the tourist mecca it once was, and deserves to be.

The federal government has opened the chequebook and written out a sizeable donation for a project with the aim of hitting marks of sustainable water supplies and community resilience.

They're both essential goals.

While parts of the country are locked into their homes to prevent the spread of COVID, we have the opportunity to get out and about.

As we head into summer having a lake to enjoy would absolutely help blast away some of the disappointment that we can't travel too far from home.

Securing our water supplies are also pretty vital.

Linking the lake with a water treatment plant will mean in the event of drought there are options to solve problems the community may face.

We're already on one of the driest continents on Earth and it's been predicted to get drier and hotter, having good water storages is going to be increasingly important.

Having a body of water which doesn't support aquatic life, leading to the mass fish death in 2020, isn't something anyone wants to have.

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The federal government has come to the rescue and given our council extra resources to help deliver a solution.

However, it's not all happy sailing, and having the cash in the bank is one thing - delivering the project is another.

The community won't tolerate their tax dollars going to waste and the last thing the federal government isn't going to tolerate, is their confidence in this policy program being shaken.

The stakes may have been high for Griffith City Council when they had to answer the community's questions on why Lake Wyangan is in the state it's in.

But now that the federal government has put some skin in the game, they'll be expecting the project to be delivered on time, on budget and more importantly, achieving the goals laid out.

Nobody wants to see a repeat of the mass fish death, or more summers with algae red alerts preventing people from enjoying what should be one of the city's best recreational assets.