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Title: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: SUPA105 on January 15, 2011, 08:47:19 PM

Getting mixed reports from various locations......Is Grafton to Maclean to Broomes Hds open.....travelling tomorrow the 16th....

Coming down from the New England.....we here all good to Grafton.

Have heard still closed south of the Iluka turn....


Thanks in advance


 :cheers:

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: MarkGU on January 15, 2011, 10:46:46 PM

Quote from: SUPA105 on January 15, 2011, 08:47:19 PM

Getting mixed reports from various locations......Is Grafton to Maclean to Broomes Hds open.....travelling tomorrow the 16th....

Coming down from the New England.....we here all good to Grafton.

Have heard still closed south of the Iluka turn....


Thanks in advance


 :cheers:

PM sent.....in a nut shell you now can get to Grafton from Glenn Innes down the gwydir hwy.from there you will travel north till you get to the Brushgrove turnoff and follow the signs to Maclean and on to Brooms Head.thats the way they were directing traffic today .

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: tinkera on January 16, 2011, 05:47:51 AM

HI Navara04 Just wondering how the camping ground at Sandon River holds up during all this flooding.Gees I would have thought the road to Brooms Head would be cut there,s a bit of low stuff along there.TINKERA.

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: MarkGU on January 16, 2011, 07:30:57 AM

Quote from: tinkera on January 16, 2011, 05:47:51 AM

HI Navara04 Just wondering how the camping ground at Sandon River holds up during all this flooding.Gees I would have thought the road to Brooms Head would be cut there,s a bit of low stuff along there.TINKERA.

Tinkera
the road to Brooms Head is never cut from the floodwaters at Maclean( water will cross the road 1/2 way  out to brooms head due to local flooding only,and it usually only lasts for an hour or so) the road out to sandon river is fine,no problems getting out there.absolutly no dramas with the camp ground out at sandon either,cheers.

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: passinthrough on January 16, 2011, 08:02:17 AM

Thanks for the info.  I will head on down the mountain and take a look.   

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 16, 2011, 08:31:48 AM

Yep, Nav seems to be on the ball. The H'way South to Coffs is open to all traffic, & as far as I know the Summerland Way to Casino & Lismore is also open. There has been a heap of traffic diverted through Grafton. The line up of trucks streched from the top of Junction Hill out to just short of the Mountain Veiw turnoff.I heard the Southern approach to Grafton was worse.

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: Flemo on January 16, 2011, 08:40:45 AM

I drove yamba to ballina today and all good. I was told by traffic control I could get to grafton via maclean, mcfarlane bridge and brushy. I cant post the photo from iPhone but there is a good 1m of water over the hwy just south of the harwood bridge. highway is closed southbound at the bruxner turn off to keep trucks off the local detours. :cheers: flemo

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: tinkera on January 16, 2011, 04:38:06 PM

Thanks for the info as well camp down that way a lot always wondered how it handled the rain.Trying to see my way clear to get some camping time down at Red Rock next month.TINKERA.

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: HEM19X on January 16, 2011, 07:44:33 PM

tink,

Next month could be a problem... you see, sometimes our floods come in pairs [about a month apart]

Keep an eye out for any cyclones coming down the east coast.

regards

Hem

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: SUPA105 on January 16, 2011, 08:12:30 PM

Thanks for the info all...........


 :cheers:

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: MarkGU on January 16, 2011, 08:19:43 PM

Quote from: HEM19X on January 16, 2011, 07:44:33 PM

tink,

Next month could be a problem... you see, sometimes our floods come in pairs [about a month apart]

Keep an eye out for any cyclones coming down the east coast.

regards

Hem

gees Mark......if it does do i send the lynch mob round to your joint?  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 16, 2011, 08:23:23 PM

Hate to say it Nav, but think Hem is on the money. Look out anytime from now until Easter. I wound't pack the gumboots away just yet.........

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: HEM19X on January 16, 2011, 08:23:46 PM

Nah, just make sure the golfie has lots of Hahn Super Dry.

p.s. theres a bed at our place.


Mark

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: MarkGU on January 16, 2011, 08:24:23 PM

Quote from: bullfrog on January 16, 2011, 08:23:23 PM

Hate to say it Nav, but think Hem is on the money. Look out anytime from now until Easter. I wound't pack the gumboots away just yet.........

gumboots?

we have boats down this way Bevan.......mainly to get to the Golfie  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 16, 2011, 08:26:13 PM

We may need 'em up here in Grafton too next time...

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: MarkGU on January 16, 2011, 08:30:12 PM

Quote from: HEM19X on January 16, 2011, 08:23:46 PM

Nah, just make sure the golfie has lots of Hahn Super Dry.

p.s. theres a bed at our place.


Mark

Bevan

now that sounds like a pick up line there...hope he's talking to you  8)

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 16, 2011, 08:32:11 PM

Sorry, the Golfie juz don't av enuff grog bruva  ;D

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: MarkGU on January 16, 2011, 08:34:22 PM

Quote from: bullfrog on January 16, 2011, 08:32:11 PM

Sorry, the Golfie juz don't av enuff grog bruva  ;D

i'm hearin' ya   ;D

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 17, 2011, 07:36:11 PM

It was put over the local radio about 3:30pm today that the Pacific Hway was open to light traffic  ( no trucks ) from Grafton to Ballina. May be of some use to swaggers trying to travel. :cheers:

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: HEM19X on January 17, 2011, 07:38:24 PM

Quote from: bullfrog on January 17, 2011, 07:36:11 PM

It was put over the local radio about 3:30pm today that the Pacific Hway was open to light traffic  ( no trucks ) from Grafton to Ballina. May be of some use to swaggers trying to travel. :cheers:

Might reduce the number of vehicles using the Grafton Bridge.

How long did it take you to get home Bevan? A carton was looking good at 5:30

Hem

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 17, 2011, 08:45:46 PM

'Bout 45mins  >:( >:(

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: Flemo on January 17, 2011, 08:54:39 PM

They said the traffic was back to Junction Hill from the bridge??? Lucky we only had to cue from town to the bridge eh?

Title: Re: Clarence River members info required ??
Post by: bullfrog on January 17, 2011, 08:58:20 PM

Hey Flemo,
 yeh, it was pretty thick. Had a stub at work ( Hem too ), finished packing up & were still looking at the same cars. :cheers: