Flooding - numerous major road closures - W.A. Goldfields to Eucla
Submitted: Monday, Mar 11, 2024 at 19:49
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Ron N
All travellers to W.A. from the East, be aware that a heavy, consistent and relatively stationary rain band, has brought major flooding in Eastern W.A. through to the W.A. border.
There are many major road closures in the region - the
Leonora-
Laverton road is closed due to severe flooding, the Trans-Line has been cut by flooding and will be closed for days, and the Eyre Hwy between
Norseman and Eucla is closed due to flooding.
Many of the remote Aboriginal Communities and many Outback tracks are flooded. Some areas have received over 200mm of rain over the last few days, and this comes on top of heavy rains in the area at the end of January 2024.
Please
check with local road authorities before moving through this region in the next week to perhaps 10 days.
Laverton Shire W.A. - road closuresMain Roads W.A. - travel map - road closures and warningsKalgoorlie-Boulder road conditions reportABC News - flooding rains - Nullarbor
Cheers, Ron.
Reply By: IvanTheTerrible - Monday, Mar 11, 2024 at 20:37
Monday, Mar 11, 2024 at 20:37
Welcome to Australia!
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Reply By: Ron N - Monday, Mar 11, 2024 at 21:15
Reply By: Rod N - Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 at 18:10
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 at 18:10
I see on the Main Roads WA site that the "Eyre Hwy between
Norseman and Eucla - Flooding
Road re-opened with extreme caution. Due to heavy rain on Eyre Hwy, no
parking on road shoulders. Water remains over the road."
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Reply By: Rod W6 - Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 at 21:35
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 at 21:35
I wonder if this means that
Lake Boonderoo will get any water or fill up. It last filled from Cyclone Bobby last centaury.
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Follow Up By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 09:14
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 09:14
I bet it does, have a friend at
Rawlinna Station and as of 2 days ago had over 30 cm of water throughout the
homestead and all the outbuildings and it is a sea of water.
Still raining out there with another 20 mm yesterday and nearly 150 mm for the week not including all the other rain.
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Follow Up By: Ron N - Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 19:24
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 19:24
I would imagine
Lake Boonderoo would get some water in it, but I'd have say it's unlikely to fill right up.
Most of the stations within about 150kms East of Kalgoorlie have had around 80-120mm of rain in the last week to 10 days - but the major rain band was from just East of
Laverton, through to
Rawlinna and Eucla.
Tjukayirla has had over 230mm since the 4th March 2024, and they have been in the centre of the rain band.
There's some great photos on
Rawlinna Stations FB page.
Cheers, Ron.
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Follow Up By: equinox - Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 at 22:35
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 at 22:35
Will try and investigate tomorrow - at Balladonia now. Spent this arvo looking for potential routes in.
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Follow Up By: equinox - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 at 21:07
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 at 21:07
Got to approx 60km south of the lake before turning back. Ground got to soft. No sign of flooding at that point.
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Reply By: Member - rocco2010 - Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 22:35
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2024 at 22:35
It’s no place to be in even a little bit of rain.
A record rain is worse
Missing group found
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Reply By: Ron N - Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 at 00:44
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 at 00:44
I saw on the news where some clown in a 2WD vehicle rocked up at
Warakurna Roadhouse, expecting to be able to drive straight through to
Laverton on the GCR, without a problem!!
Long stretches of the GCR are still under water and the GCR is STILL CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC!
And it appears it will be many days before it is opened again.
Ensure you
check the links in my first post, for road conditions before you set out!
Cheers, Ron.
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Reply By: Member - Cuppa - Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:40
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:40
Drove
Perth to Vic last week on the Eyre Hwy. Lots of standing water off the road in
places & deep ruts where vehicles had left the bitumen. Very green & unexpected (to me) result were stretches of highway with clouds of grasshoppers splatting on the windscreen. Road itself remains in good condition in the flood affected area.
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Reply By: Ron N - Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 at 23:39
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 at 23:39
The Trans-Line is only just going to be re-opened from midday
Easter Saturday (30th March 2024).
That means the line has been closed for 20 days. I cannot ever remember a Trans-Line closure that lasted this long.
Trans-Line flooding updateTrans-Line flood photos
Cheers, Ron.
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