rain coming

Rod Diery · #1 05-12-10, 01:37

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Originally Posted by aj.lec

Certainly is a land of contrasts at the moment . Rain and floods on the east coast and drought and bushfires on the west
Was out near Bourke on Thursday and Friday and the Castlereagh was in flood and all the rivers that feed in to it barr the Macquarie were running backwards with the volumes coming down
So anyone downstream will be going to get wet feet shortly
At Dubbo the low level bridge went under about 12 on Thursday
Burrendong Dam is over 140% capacity so they have had to double the release to 44 Meg to try and relieve pressure thus maintaining high levels down the Macquarie

Kulin has had 41 mm for the entire year!

aj.lec · #2 05-12-10, 11:42

Todays photos
Dubbo's Main Street
coming up
and up

aj.lec · #3 05-12-10, 11:45

dam is now 148% +
Release increased to 58 Meg
Wonder how strong that wall is ???
That would have it holding 4.5>5 times the capacity of Sydney Harbour
Approx 1782000 Megalitres usually 1188000ML
Took from 1946 to 1967 to build so it should be ok .....

A few more pics

aj.lec · #4 05-12-10, 11:55

The high level bridge ?
Dont think they will need the header for a while
oops !! at least it makes a sand bank support .Dosent seem to have helped
view across the river

Howard · #5 05-12-10, 12:01

Water everywhere, Wagga Wagga expecting major flooding tonight...
To the Yass boys, You may be sending all of that water this way, but look at what is heading your way right now!

One or two 'hoppers to keep your pastures under control!

aj.lec · #6 05-12-10, 12:04

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Originally Posted by Howard

Water everywhere, Wagga Wagga expecting major flooding tonight...
To the Yass boys, You may be sending all of that water this way, but look at what is heading your way right now!
One or two 'hoppers to keep your pastures under control!

That will be right . Keep this rain up it will drown them mid flight

hrpearce · #7 05-12-10, 22:51

The Gundagai Antique Motor Club's Christmas party was yesterday. We were going to have a picnic on the river flats but changed our minds.

aj.lec · #8 05-12-10, 12:02

A couple more

Max Hedges · #9 07-12-10, 12:02

We've been off line for a few weeks as the computer is out of action and now we are borrowing Emma's. We sure had some rain here as well, one advantage of this hilly country we can't get flooded out only the poor people down stream in the flatter country cop all the water and flooding, we went for a drive to Gundagai and saw the water, there sure is a lot there spread out right across the flats under the bridge. We were flatout making hay before the rain came and now we're at a stand still as the paddocks are too boggy to get the machinery onto, now they are predicting more rain in the next couple of days maybe another couple of inches.Hope everyone is OK and not affected by the flooding too much.

Max

hrpearce · #10 07-12-10, 21:54

Max you did well to get hay this year, I didn't try as it was too risky and I still had hay in the shed. Also the cattle are grasing the best hay paddocks as the floods have washed all the balks out on Mum's side of the property,

Max Hedges · #11 08-12-10, 23:12

A couple of photos of the bridge that is being built just round the road from here. The first was taken with minor flooding and the second was taken at about the peak of the flood.
Max

zemsi · #12 09-12-10, 21:27

... ooops, do they also plan to build a 4way highway to your farm ;-) That's quite a big bridge.

Greetings
Chris

PS Got Xmas present yet?

Hanno Spoelstra · #13 10-12-10, 02:22

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Originally Posted by Max Hedges

A couple of photos of the bridge that is being built just round the road from here. The first was taken with minor flooding and the second was taken at about the peak of the flood.

Oh my, you guys should build floating bridges!

Or hire some of them Dutch guys, they know how to keep the water out

Hanno