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Central West N S W flooding.

To: Barney Enders <>
Subject: Central West N S W flooding.
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:41:05 +0000
 Here is an update. It is getting bad, when they start evacuating parts of
Forbes. Best thing anyone who is thinking of going into that area, think
again. I know the area well, and I wouldnt go anywhere around, even with a
4WD. If you really have to go, ring the NRMA, Lachlan, Condo and Lake
Cargelligo Shires and the SES.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/23/once-in-generation-flood-has-nsw-town-preparing-to-evacuate

On Friday, September 23, 2016, Barney Enders <> wrote:

> I see they closed the road last night between Forbes and West Wyalong.
> There has been water flowing over the road for a week or two on and off.
>
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> Great thread, folks. I'm going to be in West Wyalong next weekend (yes, I
> know it's Grand Final weekend...). Given the amount of water around in that
> landscape, can anyone recommend somewhere interesting that I actually can
> go
> birding within a couple of hours of the town?
>
> Steve
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> Should be good birding along th Lachlan coming up.. Gee, it takes a lot of
> water to get Lake Cowal running. Only seen it once, in the mid-late 90s. It
> was over the Highway, then, and even Coaches were tip-toeing yhrough it. An
> incredible amount of water. There will be a lot of swamps formed along the
> course, by the time the head of the flow reaches Balranald.
>
> On Thursday, September 22, 2016, Barney Enders <
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> > Biggest flood for many years going down the Lachlan River filling up
> > the vast lignum swamps along the way.
> >
> > Lachlan only has a flood this big every 25 to 30 years and it will see
> > massive breeding in the swamps by most water fowl especially the
> > Glossy Ibis and the Freckled Duck.
> >
> >
> >
> > The biggest natural lake in N.S.W  Lake Cowal at West Wyalong  21 km
> > long and over 9 km wide covering 13,000 hectares is over flowing and
> > is an important breeding area
> >
> > for the Freckled Duck also.
> >
> >
> >
> > Most rivers in the North Flooding with floods moving in from Qld
> > spreading across the N S W Flood Plains.
> >
> >
> >
> > For the fishing enthusiast there are very big Yellow Belly being
> > caught in the Edwards River many around the 8 kg to 10 kg, not seen
> > this big for many years.
> >
> > Barney
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