Hi All,
The Macquarie River is also at minor flood levels with continued rain. While
this is beneficial for the Macquarie Marshes and the downstream environments of
the Barwon/Darling River, it is not-so-good for infrastructure, and access for
local residents or visiting birdos. Please be careful with any travel plans
that stray from the bitumen.
Cheers Tim
Tim Hosking
Senior Wetlands and Rivers Conservation Officer | NSW Office of Environment and
Heritage
PO Box 2111 DUBBO 2830 | Ph: (02) 6883 5329 | Mob: 0438600837
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From: Steve Read
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2016 7:15 PM
To:
Subject: Central West N S W flooding.
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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From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Carl Clifford
Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2016 5:39 PM
To: Barney Enders <>
Cc:
Subject: Central West N S W flooding.
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 <>
wrote:
> 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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