April 23, 2009.  I'm particularly proud of this tiny panorama.  The following day the level dropped to 1.08% which is now the lowest on record.  1 day off but I'm ok with that.  This image is also part of the Wikipedia entry for the Hume dam.

So how much is 1.10% of full?  Still about 33.4 billion litres for this reservoir.  Lake Hume is quite shallow, as you can sort of see.  Unfortunately there was a lot of smoke about from some exceptionally bad bushfires but in a way it sort of adds to the post armageddon feel.

Interesting trivia.  With the gates full open and at 100% capacity, the dam can dump 7.929 million litres of water per second.  That would be sheer terror to see in action.

It pays to always put your tripod in the same spot.  Here's a nifty side by side look at the two extremes.