After a thunder storm that raged all night and hasn't stopped raining yet we have had 45mm to 9am and a further 10mm to 12noon.
All the roads out of White Cliffs were closed two days ago due to overnight rain and the only road that remained open was the sealed road south to Wilcannia.
Today, even the sealed road south out of town has been cut in three places by floodwaters and the locals do not know when it may be open if the rain keeps drizzling down as it is.
A number of caravaners who packed up and left this morning are either stranded just south of town, or have come back to spend another day or two in friendly White Cliffs.
Lucky we don't have a timetable to adhere to - love this nomad lifestyle - as long as the tucker and wine lasts ! !
Cheers
Julie & John
Gerty Dancer said
03:48 PM Jul 30, 2010
It doesnt rain terribly often out there...we were caught for a day in 2006, and enjoyed ourselves. Fascinating place, went for dinner in the Underground Motel.
Now you have a good excuse to browse all the opal shops, maybe find a bargain!
Happywanderer said
10:00 PM Jul 30, 2010
Where exactly is White Cliffs? it sounds like SA somewhere.
Sounds like a place I would like to visit sometime in the future.
lilly said
10:24 PM Jul 30, 2010
north west n.s.w happywanderer up past wilcannia go vist in cooler weather get very hot in summer
must be raining every where we are on flood watch here right now damis 120% full ..i say will be lot of water over weekend
-- Edited by lilly on Friday 30th of July 2010 10:26:40 PM
BobnBev said
11:28 AM Aug 1, 2010
Nice little place to visit, Lived there in the early 70s, Then there were only 30 odd living on the field, Had our own dugout and did all the things you do on a opel field, was a good life .. Realy a must see place.. It was dirt all the way then, now its 80 ks of black all the way, to easy...
Bob n Bev
freehazzas said
07:28 PM Aug 2, 2010
sounds like a place i need to put on my list to see.
Travel Bug said
10:06 PM Aug 4, 2010
Thanks. I've just added it to my list.
The list is getting so long that I may need to stay on the road forever....
Hmmmm......now there's a thought
Bamboo said
05:02 AM May 15, 2013
Hate the sticky clay when it rains. It adheres to everything.
Gerty Dancer said
05:11 AM May 15, 2013
Just noticed this thread was started in 2010, it probably hasn't rained there since!
herbie said
06:22 AM May 15, 2013
White Cliffs is worth a visit, one of the last frontier towns left in Oz .It's quirky laconic residents are a treasure to have a yarn to ,how they found wealth and some lost the lot. Have a look at the Childrens cemetry as you can learn about the harsh early history of the place. Or follow the self guided heritage trail
Mutawiri and Paroo- Darling National Parks are also nearby.
This weekend is the anual Music Festivial also .17th to 19th May.
Best time to visit is in the cooler months as it can get hotter than Hell out in these parts of NSW.
Roving-Dutchy said
11:54 PM May 15, 2013
How is it that posts as old as this one pop up again from 3 years ago? surely you would have to look back thru something like a 1000 pages to come across this post. Cheers David
Bamboo said
11:41 AM Jan 28, 2014
It rained when we were there in 2013. Glad the road is metalled now. Would have been impassable when dirt.
jules47 said
05:22 PM Jan 28, 2014
Sometimes if you google a place, a reference to this site will come up with the relevant post on it - reader doesn't see the date, maybe, or they do a "search" on here for a particular place. That's my thought on it anyway.
Gday...
After a thunder storm that raged all night and hasn't stopped raining yet we have had 45mm to 9am and a further 10mm to 12noon.
All the roads out of White Cliffs were closed two days ago due to overnight rain and the only road that remained open was the sealed road south to Wilcannia.
Today, even the sealed road south out of town has been cut in three places by floodwaters and the locals do not know when it may be open if the rain keeps drizzling down as it is.
A number of caravaners who packed up and left this morning are either stranded just south of town, or have come back to spend another day or two in friendly White Cliffs.
Lucky we don't have a timetable to adhere to - love this nomad lifestyle - as long as the tucker and wine lasts ! !
Cheers
Julie & John
Now you have a good excuse to browse all the opal shops, maybe find a bargain!
happywanderer up past wilcannia go vist in cooler weather get very hot in summer
must be raining every where we are on flood watch here right now damis 120% full ..i say will be lot of water over weekend
-- Edited by lilly on Friday 30th of July 2010 10:26:40 PM
The list is getting so long that I may need to stay on the road forever....
Hmmmm......now there's a thought
White Cliffs is worth a visit, one of the last frontier towns left in Oz .It's quirky laconic residents are a treasure to have a yarn to ,how they found wealth and some lost the lot. Have a look at the Childrens cemetry as you can learn about the harsh early history of the place. Or follow the self guided heritage trail
Mutawiri and Paroo- Darling National Parks are also nearby.
This weekend is the anual Music Festivial also .17th to 19th May.
Best time to visit is in the cooler months as it can get hotter than Hell out in these parts of NSW.
Cheers
David
It rained when we were there in 2013. Glad the road is metalled now. Would have been impassable when dirt.