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Rainfall - January 2011 After receiveing around 6 inches of rain over five days from Monday 10th to Friday 14th January 2011 local area flooding resulted in water flowing into the channel in Douglas, it then overflowed at various places into that section of the paddock under the channel. All this water was from the local area with a large volume flowing from the vacinity of "Colberts" on McNamaras Road down the hill and into the West Laen Channel at the corner of the Laen Litchfield Road. Water has also flowed from the the higher ground in Douglas, Merretts paddocks and "Guyatts". The water then flowed to the lowest point, the gate in the North East corner at the intersection of Greens and the Laen Litchfield Roads out the gate and in a generally easterly direction down Greens Road. These waters combined with water flowing from Peter Pendlebury's paddock, water flowing down Greens Road west of the intersection and water flowing north down the table drain along the Laen Litchfield Road and down the channel in the Old Paddock. The water flowed down Greens Road at the same pace for more than 24 hours. It had slowed by Sunday morning and as of Monday morning it had slowed to a trickle out of the gate.   Looking east along Greens Road about
10 am Friday 14th
  Water flowing out both gates in Douglas's   Water flowing out either end of the culvert and out the gate Breach in the temporary stop in the Channel   Dam in Douglas's Water flowing over the channel bank Later
on
Friday
I walked down "Greens River" through the timber in at the
North end of the Old Paddock, the water on the "high ground" was half
way up the gum boots. In places I had to walk through water up to my
knees. The water covered the entire timber in the Old Paddock and the
Paddock Behind the Dam. I was not able to walk up the the Reserve
to guage how much water there was at that end of the Road.
  The Old Paddock Looking East Paddock Behind the Dam looking South East (Trees on the left are Greg
Hogans on Melican Road and the ones on the right are The Bull Mallee
Remnant)
 The Old Paddock Looking West from the gate along the Old Fence Line  Paddock Behind the Dam looking toward Greg Hogans. Trees in Reserve are on the Right  Greens River Greens Road Movie File Douglas Gate Movie File
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January 2011 |