Murray crossing at Tom Groggin

I've read that you have to check that crossing on an hourly basis it can change that much in a really short period of time. I'll be doing it on Boxing Day so very interested in the replies as well. Cheers.

I cannot answer you question directly but given the amount of rain over the past month I would think it would be OK - but unless you watch someone drive through first make sure you walk it.

I was there this time last year and crossed it driving around on the rapids and had no issues - however a couple of people drowned their vehicles between the time I drove across and came back a couple of hours later. They entered the water and didn't check it out and took the shortest route across and ended up in about 5ft of water. The rapids were only about 12".

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The direct route and the deep water was to the right of the pics.

Gary

Make sure you drive an arc down stream from either entry point.
As said above straight across via the shortest route can be trouble.

Hi Bowks, probably too late for you to view this before your crossing. The Murray Darling Basin Authority has live river data and also stats for the last year. The nearest site to the Tom Groggin crossing is Biggara about 20km downstream. IMO the level at Groggin will be less than Biggara as the Groggin crossing is quite wide. Up to the 1m level at Biggara I would subtract 20cm for Tom G. The You Tube video on the 8/11 had the water at 1.4m at Biggara but it only looks a bit over 1 metre. Link to MDBA here: http://riverdata.mdba.gov.au/sitereports/401012/mdba_401012_site_report.html
Cheers, Warrie