Some friends of mine landed in Brisbane yesterday morning. They are headed for Federal, in the Northen Rivers area of NSW, pretty close to the border with QLD. (Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Bangalow - roughly that triangle.)
The Northern Rivers area itself looked OK on the weather radar charts yesterday morning, as did the area round Brisbane. However, there has been torrential rain between the two areas. My friends' son lives in Federal and he had warned them that they might have to stay in Brisbane for a few days because apparently some of the roads on the route between the two areas are (or were) impassable.
I don't know how that has developed in the last 48 hours or so, however.
Some friends of mine landed in Brisbane yesterday morning. They are headed for Federal, in the Northen Rivers area of NSW, pretty close to the border with QLD. (Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Bangalow - roughly that triangle.)
The Northern Rivers area itself looked OK on the weather radar charts yesterday morning, as did the area round Brisbane. However, there has been torrential rain between the two areas. My friends' son lives in Federal and he had warned them that they might have to stay in Brisbane for a few days because apparently some of the roads on the route between the two areas are (or were) impassable.
I don't know how that has developed in the last 48 hours or so, however.
Cheers
Gill
Thanks for that Gill we are hoping to go to Port Macquarie NSW later this year. Is there anywhere that is particularly prone to flooding or are these just freak floods that are happening. I remember last year Newcastle area was hit badly with floods.
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The floods affected the northern part of NSW, and the Gold Coast. Tweed Heads and Lismore in NSW have been badly affected, and areas in the Gold Coast including Tallebudgera. The worst hit were small towns in northern NSW, some of which were cut off with roads being inpassable. The heavy rainfall made many rivers rise as much as 13m above normal levels and overflow. We travelled back from Sydney to the Gold Coast on Saturday, but had to stay in Casino NSW overnight, as roads were closed due to flood waters. We drove along the Bruxner Highway in NSW, and there were mudslides and hazardous road surfaces, and in the end had to turn back the following day. We passed several places where the rivers had overflowed, trees were submerged, peeping out over the top. Houses have been almost completely submerged in some smaller rural areas. The govt has declared some areas a natural disaster zone, so they can obtain loans at a lower interest rate to repair damage. I personally will now think twice about anywhere near a river!
Jo
The floods affected the northern part of NSW, and the Gold Coast. Tweed Heads and Lismore in NSW have been badly affected, and areas in the Gold Coast including Tallebudgera. The worst hit were small towns in northern NSW, some of which were cut off with roads being inpassable. The heavy rainfall made many rivers rise as much as 13m above normal levels and overflow. We travelled back from Sydney to the Gold Coast on Saturday, but had to stay in Casino NSW overnight, as roads were closed due to flood waters. We drove along the Bruxner Highway in NSW, and there were mudslides and hazardous road surfaces, and in the end had to turn back the following day. We passed several places where the rivers had overflowed, trees were submerged, peeping out over the top. Houses have been almost completely submerged in some smaller rural areas. The govt has declared some areas a natural disaster zone, so they can obtain loans at a lower interest rate to repair damage. I personally will now think twice about anywhere near a river!
Jo
Thanks for that info Jo it's just something else to worry about
Cheers Simon
Is there anywhere that is particularly prone to flooding or are these just freak floods that are happening.Cheers
Simon
This is the land of drought and floods... just the way it is.
Avoid floods by living on higher ground where possible... but then again hill tops are more bush fire susceptible I suspect?
Weather patterns are governed by "El Nino/La Nina" which is ocean current temperature changes starting in South America and affects the pacific region. 'El Nino' appears to have finished and 'La Nina' seemes to be increasing.
This is the land of drought and floods... just the way it is.
Avoid floods by living on higher ground where possible... but then again hill tops are more bush fire susceptible I suspect?
Weather patterns are governed by "El Nino/La Nina" which is ocean current temperature changes starting in South America and affects the pacific region. 'El Nino' appears to have finished and 'La Nina' seemes to be increasing.
Thanks for that, Fat Pom,
So I would probably be better off buying a fire extinguisher as well as a life jacket!
Cheers, Simon
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