Floods in VIC - everyone ok?

[The Duckmeister]

My local underground creek has surfaced...

And here's where it goes under about 200m upstream. Normally this is a nice rock-lined channel....

Downstream at the canoe jetty it's now about -290mm (my 0mm reference being the top of the upper deck level), up from -620mm on Monday. The lower level is about 10mm clear.

 

[fjohn860]

"sandbagging" our fire barrel/getting on the piss area!

 

[Jpez]

"sandbagging" our fire barrel/getting on the piss area!

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Are you sure oranges will work John?

 

[fjohn860]

Are you sure oranges will work John?

Only to fully deafen my already damaged ears

 

[The Duckmeister]

"sandbagging" our fire barrel/getting on the piss area!

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If you turn the fire right up it could repel impending floods via evaporation.

 

[fjohn860]

If you turn the fire right up it could repel impending floods via evaporation.

This plan is currently in execution!

 

[Chriso_29er]

Had to go through Yarra Glen this morning, road was still open with about 3in of water across the Melba. Went to do the same 2 hours later and the road was closed again. Got diverted into Healsville. Then got diverted again at Healsville as the black spur was closed. Had to head back up through Toolangi back to the Melba!
Lots of water on its way down the Yarra.

 

[fjohn860]

Had to go through Yarra Glen this morning, road was still open with about 3in of water across the Melba. Went to do the same 2 hours later and the road was closed again. Got diverted into Healsville. Then got diverted again at Healsville as the black spur was closed. Had to head back up through Toolangi back to the Melba!
Lots of water on its way down the Yarra.

Man that's a long way around

 

[Jpez]

Only to fully deafen my already damaged ears

Mmmmm. Orange.

 

[beeb]

Mmmmm. Orange.
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Orange?

 

[Mattyp]

Orange?

Orange anyone?

 

[silentbutdeadly]

You

Quoting myself so you can click on the pictures.

It's getting up there. From what I can work out we're about 4 meters over our average height, give or take. Echuca peaked at roughly 9 meters over their average. Happy to be corrected.

You've got a much bigger and wider floodplain there...but it'll still get quite a bit deeper yet. The switchgear platform is a bit of a tell.Last time it flooded there it only got over the car park at the lock. But it'll be a smidge deeper this time...

 

[Cardy George]

You

You've got a much bigger and wider floodplain there...but it'll still get quite a bit deeper yet. The switchgear platform is a bit of a tell.Last time it flooded there it only got over the car park at the lock. But it'll be a smidge deeper this time...

Yup. Stolen from Facebook from today.

 

[MacMan]

Yarra flooding again was okay in the city just licking the edges again but once I got towards Richmond I got “You shall not pass!”
So I scrambled up the grass and had to take the road for last kilometre.

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We tried to go for a walk at Banksia Park a couple of days back. It was Lake Banksia.

 

[cammas]

We tried to go for a walk at Banksia Park a couple of days back. It was Lake Banksia.

Rode through again yesterday, a lot of silt on the path made a couple sections like cyclocross course, which makes having a loaded single sided pannier interesting.

 

[sane]

We tried to go for a walk at Banksia Park a couple of days back. It was Lake Banksia.

You can see in the foreground the start of the ST heading upstream towards Banksia. Even the main Yarra trail was under water well before Banksia and Bruce’s. Went up to the boulevard and the horse paddock was under too. This was Monday. This might take a while

 

[Cardy George]

Yup. Stolen from Facebook from today.

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Four days later.......



I didn't take a photo, but the water has covered the carpark to the left of the photo. I didn't want to backtrack and was contemplating just riding on through, when I looked to the high side of the carpark and saw two blokes driving their mobility scooters through. The rims and tyres had a good wash

 

[Cardy George]

It's been one of those 'well, I'm a dumbarse' moments. Floods means there is so much water it doesn't fit in the river, but I had never considered that it was because there was so much water flowing through. And it is fucking moving. If you dived in you would be in Wentworth before you resurfaced.

 

[Cardy George]

"Where two rivers meet" Murray-Darling Junction

Murray on the left, Darling on the right. Everything between the road and the line of trees is normally dry.

Lock 10 and Weir, Wentworth

Images were stolen from Facebook. I can give you the link if you really care that much.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

"Where two rivers meet" Murray-Darling Junction

Murray on the left, Darling on the right. Everything between the road and the line of trees is normally dry.

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Lock 10 and Weir, Wentworth

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Images were stolen from Facebook. I can give you the link if you really care that much.

That's about as big as I experienced it...and it'll get a bit bigger yet. You've got plenty of time now to think about a recovery plan for Coomie too. The builds at the Log Bridge and Unhappy Valley are likely history for starters...