The photo above shows McKillops Bridge with 'Normal" river flows. When we were there a few weeks aback, there was a minor flood, but the increase over the flows in the picture were really minor.

There was a major flood just as the decking was put on the original bridge and the decking got washed away. The Contractor was the father of one of my friends, and he was asked to extend the piers by another 10 feet. You can see the extension on each pier quite clearly even now, although the photo doesn't show it very well. The centre pier in the photo is about 50 feet to the underside of the bridge steelwork, so it was originally about 40 feet high. It must have been a massive flood to take the decking off...

Jindabyne Dam was built on the Snowy River at Jindabyne in the late 1960's. Theoretically, this should have reduced the maximum flood levels dramatically, yet the highest ever recorded flood occurred AFTER Jindabyne dam was completed, so most of the runoff down the Snowy River comes from downstream from the dam now. Interestingly, Jindabyne Dam is now just below 100% capacity and they are releasing water down the river as a precaution to minimise the risk of an uncontrolled spill. For those who know the area, the park in front of the Jindabyne shopping Centre is now under water, the water lapping at the base of the Strzelecki Statue in the park (the one where he is pointing to the pub). The water level in Jindabyne Dam has been high for the last 2 or 3 months. It is interesting to see it this way, after such a long prolonged drought. I imagine that the snowy River just downstream from Orbost will be well and truly flooding over the paddocks down that way.

-- Edited by erad on Wednesday 13th of April 2022 10:20:44 PM