After years of drought, the lake now contains more than 150,000 megalitres.

Staff at Kimbolton Kiosk were run off their feet yesterday, with the lake bringing sightseers out and about.

Store owner Sam Bonanno said the influx of people had been unexpected, but great for the region.

“It has been mad,” he said.

“We have been well and truly run off our feet.

“There has been a hell of a lot of sightseers. The amount of traffic has been unbelievable.”

Mr Bonanno said the visitors were a good sign of things to come after years of drought.

“It’s all very positive for us,” he said.

Locals were also out at Laanecoorie Reservoir which is full, Cain Curran Reservoir, which is at 66 per cent and Tullarop Reservoir which is full.

The rain also brought joy for Coliban Water with storages at 74 per cent and rising.

Coliban Water managing director Gavin Hanlon said that over the past two days more than 11,000 megalitres of inflow had been received.

Storages had not been at this level since July 2002.

Mr Hanlon said Coliban Water staff were kept busy over the weekend, with sewer pump stations overflowing in Malmsbury, Trentham, Tylden, Heathcote and Bridgewater.

Close to 100 staff were working around the clock.

“It has been a very long time since the system has had this much water flow though it,” he said.

“These incidents highlight the importance of continued investment in upgrading infrastructure.

“From an incident management perspective, this has been the busiest few days we have had for a very long time.”