jaygore Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Hi guys it has happened... We are starting to flood down here as well. Multiple towns have now been evacuated and flooded. The VIC premier is going to make an anouncement at 11.30am. These videos were taken at 7.50am and it has risen since Alot of my friends have been evacuated and some the second time with in 4months. Alot of Suburbs in ballarat are blocked off as well... Will let you guys know how things go Edited January 13, 2011 by jaygore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNOBBLER[RL] Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hmmm... Might have to turn the news on! Hopefully we don't get to much morein the marsh. JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaygore Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 How is the marsh going? Here in ballarat we have streets completely cutting people off, People havent been able to go to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 far out....VIC as well? floods in VIC and QLD, fires in WA..... nasty stuff, good luck all you victorians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaygore Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Cheers mate, ours are no where near as bad, but its the last thing australia needs..... its weird to think that our lake was completely bone dry, and they said it would take upto 3-4 years to become full again and now its broken its banks in less than a Year!! i finish work in an hour n half so I'm going to drive around and take some pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJT036 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Floods are also in NSW and Tassie. I was watching the Seven News, aand they interviewed a bloke from Kyneton saying how bad the floods were up there... Then he said to them, "Is there a place in Australia where it isn't flooding?" I said to the Family, "Perth!". :lolcry: Here in Sunbury, it's not too bad. Sunny Blue Skys are out and drying up. But judging by where the clouds are goin', the North-Eastern Suburbs are in for a Hidin'. Josh :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budowski Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 and we are building a desalinization plant in SA wtf!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam_Q Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 and we are building a desalinization plant in SA wtf!! and here too.. I have never in Australia seen lots of rain here combined with constantly hot weather, this is meant to be tropical weather not victorian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEhendo Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 i got caught in these floods yesterday coming home from a family trip to adelaide. all the main highways where closed so we ended up having to take back roads and fording a few knee deep patches of water. turned an 8 hour drive into a 12 hour marathon. we did about 960kms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 All the roads around my parents place just out of ballarat were flooded, they Couldn't leave home for a bit. http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/news/general/family-rescued-at-smythes-creek-amid-floods/2047163.aspx That was just a few blocks away from my folks place, I'm annoyed at the owners for building there, those ses workers could have been doing work where they were truely needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaygore Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 So it is getting worse with some of the rivers expected to Peak tomorrow, first QLD and now looks like there could be alot of victoirans effected as well Also there is now a 7 year old boy who has fallen into a river and cannot be found, this is all just so horrific =[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNOBBLER[RL] Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Well the marsh survived, the river rose just under 4m behind my place and I'm in the worst spot for flooding so we were lucky, another meter or so and we would have been in trouble. My other half is currently stuck in Robinvale, an hour our side of Mildura, roads have washed away and others are still flooded and getting worse so until today there hasn't been a highway open to get her back home, hopefully she will make it tomorrow! It's only going to get worse before it gets better too, water is coming down from qld viathe darling river and flood water is also making it's way along the Murray, can't see mildura doing to well with that let alone my home town of wentworth just past mildura, that's where the Murray and darling rivers meet! JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaygore Posted January 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hey Jarrad hope your other half can make it through fine and get back home safe and sound. and as you say its only going to get worse,I mean look at horsham thats a 1 in 200 year chance of flooding. Its just insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towe001 Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Bloody heck, hope you guys are holding up ok. Hows Kryal Castle, Sovereign Hill and the Eureka Stockade ? Have good fond memories of the places when i went there on a school camp way back a life time ago in grade 6. Home town i use to live at was Merrigum. All i can say is don't do anything too rash, listen to the cops and what not and be prepared to get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Sorry to hear, There was a guy on my facebook the other day that I think was from Vic (I think he may be a member here) complaining that all he hears or sees now is the qld floods, I posted and said we atleast you know what is coming to you. If you are reading this then maybe now you will understand what it is like you inconsiderate prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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