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New photo of the Loxton tree this morning. Flood peak expected at Loxton in 10-14 days so a bit more water to come yet. Cheers John

How much further up the tree is that 1956 marker John?

Dave. Go to the first post. Need a fair bit more drink to get to the record.

John

Tried that WJ, but its a bit hard to judge on a pic on the phone.The news services are saying the worst flood in 70 years, so they must expect to exceed the 74 mark and maybe the 31 mark too. Then there is a fair bit of a gap up that tree trunk to the 56 mark.

supersparky wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:10 pm How much further up the tree is that 1956 marker John?

About the same amount again from the 2011 flood marker, the hand rail was visible then It's still climbing at Lock 10, Wentworth, the difference there is, instead of being 150mtrs wide, it's now 6 kms wide Berri is already at major flood level so things aren't going to get better up that way for quite some time. Loxton only needs another 0.1 mtr rise to hit major flood levels, Swan Reach is already at major flood levels and apparently the power is off and the sewer system plugged, Mannum has only gone up 0.4mtr since Wednesday, so some real shocks are gunna hit when the rest of it gets here. we were just in Murray Bridge and it's hard to tell there is any sort of river rise, so the water isn't moving very quickly at all, even though there is a very strong current through Mannum, so there must be a lot of flooding between here and Murray Bridge.
SA Water says there are 214 gigalitres flowing past Boundary Bend ( 1 gigalitre = 444 olympic swimming pools full) but Lock 1 (Blanchetown) has only 121 gigalitres flowing over it at the moment, so there is a lot more flow to reach each town on the way down, Wentworth, Berri, Loxton, Blanchetown, Swan Reach, Walker Flat and Mannum before it gets to Murray Bridge.

T1 Terry

Hi. At this camp site 20klm below Loxton the water is 4mts above where it is in the pic and 7klm wide. [attachment=0]New Residence.jpg[/attachment
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How much further up the tree is that 1956 marker John?

Dave you can measure it. It's a long way.
... but I reckon the guy was standing in his boat when he hailed it on.

Very good Jon, I will just use my elastic tape measure and a piece of string. ......
Obviously SA hasn't seen the worst of it yet. There is going to be plenty of work with Blazeaid and other volunteer agencies when it's all over.

There is going to be plenty of work with Blazeaid and other volunteer agencies when it's all over.

Correct. In the new year, Feb or even March, we should form a mob and hit on a Blazeaid camp. I've been watching the site, and they are closing for xmas and new year.

https://blazeaid.com.au/ bottom right hand side.

jon_d wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:22 pm

There is going to be plenty of work with Blazeaid and other volunteer agencies when it's all over.

Correct. In the new year, Feb or even March, we should form a mob and hit on a Blazeaid camp. I've been watching the site, and they are closing for xmas and new year.

https://blazeaid.com.au/ bottom right hand side.

That sounds like a good plan. And for a real good cause.