Diamantina River current status

Further to the above, I did stop once for a Kodak moment. This spot is a bit of a favourite of mine, coming onto the Mayne Range from the north. Taken on the flood plain where Gum Ck meets the Diamantina. Lake Billyer is about 500M to the east of this spot.







Met up with some fishermen from Lightning Ridge, near Davenport, on their way to Diamantina Lakes to chase a few Yellowbelly and some yabbies. They'd pulled up as the bloke in the 80 series was having front diff problems. They ended up removing the front drive shaft.

They said the road up through Palparrarra past Davenport, had some really bad washouts, as did the road between Davenport & The 'Lakes. Steady, steady would be the best speed at the moment.

The River Road, north of Mayne River, and up to Old Cork is in good to excellent condition. The Cork Mail Road, from Old Cork past New Cork, is good. Road up to Lark Quarry, and back to Winton, along Winton-Jundah Road is also good, at the moment.

Bob

Rick,

Heard a report on local ABC radio this morning, "the flood peak is at/approaching(can't remember which word they used?) Durrie......."

Be a few more weeks before it's at Birdsville?

Bob

Good one, Warrie.

Really needs a 5M flood to be a real benefit, and the 6M plus events were always something to write home about. :-)

Thanks,
Bob