Be aware of flash flooding!

[Goldpick]

Good reason to not camp anywhere near creeks when out and about. I saw exactly the same situation travelling along the front of the Flinders Ranges. First crossing had a trickle building up on the edge of the road, second crossing had a light flow of water across the road and a few floating paddy melons, several crossings later there was a torrent dragging up rooted trees across the road.

Later that night I picked up a guy walking down the main highway in the rain, just a few kms north of Hawker. Turned out his vehicle had been washed away whilst traversing a deep drain on a return trip to service a comms tower, very lucky to be alive.

 

[Ramjet]

Amazing footage.

 

[headbut]

Hi All , On Saturday we spent a good 6 hours in a part of Oberon we frequent . Storms were brewing all around us , but not a single drop of water fell from the sky anywhere near where we were working. We left our spot around 7.00PM & took the shorter trip back to Oberon down Sewells Creek RD . We crossed the causeway at Native Dog Creek & it was as dry as a bone , not 3 KM's later we hit the causeway of Brisbane Valley Creek & this is what was in front of us

So we went back to the Junction of Beaconsfield RD & headed north to O'Connell , but then was faced with this

Even in the middle of Summer when most water causes are as dry as a bone , as they were prior to 7.00PM , you can never underestimate how a heavy storm can change the dynamics of a watercourse , so always be weary when you are in an area with causeway crossings , as you may get stuck

 

[HeadsUp]

Yes

The same thing happened at oallen ford around 2 years ago.

Blue sky there , no rain , but rain falling 30 km away saw the shoalhaven rise about 3.3 metres in the space of 25 minutes....

Would you want to be asleep in a caravan 15 feet from the river when that happens ?

 

[Heatho]

Good post Headbut, so true.

Did you get any nice gold or gems for the day.

 

[headbut]

Hey Heatho , just under half a gram, but happy this spot is accessible again, needed the water to go away

 

[Heatho]

Sweet! :Y:

 

[Jaros]

As they say up ere - IF IT'S FLOODED, FORGET IT!!! :N:

 

[Brumble-Gum]

Just had this video pop up in my Facebook page.
A good lesson to keep your wits about you while detecting/prospecting in creeks and rivers.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157514032373891&id=702673890&sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=i

 

[grubstake]

The video can't be viewed without a Fakebook log-in - no thanks! :N:

 

[Brumble-Gum]

The video can't be viewed without a Fakebook log-in - no thanks! :N:

What mine? Or any Facebook login?

 

[user 5263]

When I lived in the country the local farmers would call that a "Gully Raker".

 

[Manpa]

I watched it, no log in. Lucky he heard it.

 

[Ridge Runner]

The video can't be viewed without a Fakebook log-in - no thanks! :N:

Yeah same here **** facebook, :Y:

 

[grubstake]

The video can't be viewed without a Fakebook log-in - no thanks! :N:

What mine? Or any Facebook login?

Any, I guess:

 

[Gilly47]

no login for me

 

[Solid Luck]

I'm glad he learnt his lesson to always be aware about what's going on upstream and everywhere else. Would've thought that's the first thing to do.

 

[sand surfer]

same here no fakebook log in grubstake ,might be a setting issue but i'm no tech head far from it :Y:

 

[Eldorado]

The video can't be viewed without a Fakebook log-in - no thanks! :N:

Worked for me and I am not on Facebook and never will be.

 

[Gpx5000]

The video can't be viewed without a Fakebook log-in - no thanks! :N:

Worked for me and I am not on Facebook and never will be.

Me too