Monday, June 11, 2007

The levees held!

We woke up to the wonderful news this morning that the river had peaked at 10.7, below the 11.4 predicted which would have seen it spill over the levee banks into Lorn and the CBD. They're still advising people to stay away though. A lot of the water seems to have been diverted into the spillways which means we couldn't go in there even if we wanted to!

Here are some photos (courtesy of the ABC) of the flooding all around the area -

http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s1946209.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s1947168.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s1947247.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s1947270.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s1947316.htm

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