Beware Flash Flooding

[HandofCod]

Today I visited a state park about an hours drive from Melbourne called Lerderderg Gorge. I went for a walk down beside the river at the bottom of the gorge and found some fairly massive flooding damage.

You can see from the piles of debris how high the water must have been. I think this was from the extremely heavy storms we had back in January. Melbourne got over two inches of rain in the space of an hour or so. I don't know how much was recorded at the state park but it would have been awesome to behold.

Incidentally the banks of the river double as a small camp site so anyone that was in the area would have been in BIG trouble.

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The scale is hard to tell in this photo but the debris is about my height - six feet approximately.









You can see what was a concrete picnic table I think in the rubble to give you a fair estimation of size.

 

[PropThePolecat]

Flash floods have always interested me. The fact that it can rain several kilometres away, which causes rapid flooding in another area is fascinating. They dont occur in my part of the world, the soil just isnt dry enough, thus rain is absorbed into the ground pretty fast.

By the way, its some great scenery you got there. Any chance of a big croc saying hi in that area?

 

[HandofCod]

Thankfully no crocs in my area, just some of the worlds deadliest snakes.

 

[BRL]

I saw one happen once. Terrifying. In the morning we were splashing around in a stream that was ankle deep, and by mid-afternoon it was four-feet deep, roaring like a freight train, and instant death to anyone that fell in.

 

[fujita yuji]

Really stunning shots showing the level of water with inclined trees and bushes.

 

[HandofCod]

Really stunning shots showing the level of water with inclined trees and bushes.

Thanks fujita! It was kinda creepy being down at the bottom, truth be told.