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When Victorian Racing Club first planned to erect its flood wall around the Flemington racecourse, local man Shane Trewin was among the residents who opposed the wall.
The VRC won the right to build the wall and three years ago Trewin died.
Channel Nine reports that on Friday, floodwaters hit Trewin’s home and his two sons Tyson and Kinnon came home from Queensland to help with the cleanup.
They are among a number of Maribyrnong locals who question whether the flood would have caused as much damage if water hadn’t been diverted at the wall.
The VRC said it was entitled to protect the racecourse and iits major events like the Melbourne Cup are major economic drivers for Victoria.
“Unfortunately, he’s not here at the moment,” Kinnon Trewin told Channel Nine when asked about his father.
“He passed away three years ago, and I’d hate for him to see it, to be honest.”
Electricity suppliers Powercor and CitiPower say they may be forced to turn off substations in Charlton and Mooroopna due to flooding.
“If significant flood water does reach either of the substations this may pose a major safety risk, so we may need to de-energise them to protect the community and reduce the risk of long-term damage to infrastructure,” a spokeswoman said.
Flooded Howe Street in Mooroopna. Credit:Eddie Jim
“If we do need to take this action, customers may be without power for a prolonged period as we will only be able to re-energise the site when water has receded and it is safe to do so.
“We are asking customers to plan ahead and know what they would do if power did go out.”
Charlton zone substation supplies power Birchip, Charlton, Boort, Wycheproof, Watchem, Wedderburn, Korong Vale, Quambatook, Berriwillock, Culgoa, Sea Lake, St Arnaud, Donald and surrounding towns.
Mooroopna zone substation supplies power to Tatura, Mooroopna, Ardmona, parts of Shepparton, Kialla, Haston, Murchison, Dhurringile, Rushworth and surrounding towns.
VicEmergency moved forward its closure of the highway between Mooroopna and Shepparton which will now be closed at 6.30pm tonight.
This Emergency Warning is being issued for properties within the city of Shepparton
- An Evacuation Warning remains current, but it is now too late to leave.
- The flood is expected to impact properties identified below overnight Saturday, which means there is no longer enough time to safely leave your property.
The Midland Hwy also known as the Mooroopna Causeway between Mooroopna and Shepparton will be CLOSED from 6.30pm tonight, 15 October.
VicEmergency has updated its emergency warning for Shepparton and Mooroopna with both towns listed as “Too late to leave”.
While the evacuation warning remains current, officials say it is too late to leave with floodwaters expected to set in tonight.
The Midland Highway, known as the Mooroopna Causeway between Mooroopna and Shepparton will be closed from 7pm tonight.
Cars queueing for sandbags in Shepparton in preparation for incoming flood waters.Credit:Eddie jim
VicEmergency’s message:
This Emergency Warning is being issued for properties within the city of Shepparton
- An Evacuation Warning remains current, but it is now too late to leave.
- The flood is expected to impact properties identified below overnight Saturday, which means there is no longer enough time to safely leave your property.
The Midland Hwy also known as the Mooroopna Causeway between Mooroopna and Shepparton will be CLOSED from 7pm tonight October 15.
It is now too late to leave for people in those properties identified in more detaail below. If you have not evacuated, you should shelter in the highest location possible.
From the river along Daldy Rd east to the Barmah-Shepparton Rd then south to the transmission lines crossing the highway then west and south to Wanganui Rd; across to Mercury Ct then south on the Numurkah Rd to Halpin Cres; then west up to Furze Ave, along Newton Cres, up to Hicken Cres to Fehey St down to Balaclava Rd across to Gowrie St, up to Alambie St then down to The Blvd; follow The Blvd down to Quinan Pde to the Midland Hwy. down Welsford St to the railway line. North up the railway line to Swallow St then down to Haves St then down Hare St, Sanderson St, Wilmot Rd, Bradford Rd, Palmer Rd to Broken River Drive. Across to the GV Hwy across to forest Rd, down to Settlers Dr and across to the Goulburn River.
There is also an area bounded by Kittles Rd, the river, Wanganui Rd and west of Kingfisher Dve, Pelican Crt and Curlew Pl that should remain unaffected however they will be isolated by waters to the east and north.
There are properties within these areas that may not be directly impacted with street flooding only.
Age photographer Justin McManus filed this video of the aerial view of Rochester today.
Residents in Maribyrnong have begun the arduous task of cleaning out their homes following yesterday’s floods.
Piles of damaged household goods, furniture and clothes pile up on the verges along Oakland Street. The roads and footpaths are covered in a carpet of mud and residents are using brooms and rakes to sweep it away from their driveways and gardens.
Hoang Nguyen and his wife Lam Luong cleaning up their home on Oakland Street in Maribyrnong. They say they have lost everything.Credit:Marta Pascual
Mother-of-five Lam Luong was putting her family’s soiled personal belongings in plastic bags as her father-in-law carted cardboard boxes and waste in a wheelbarrow.
Neighbours came to lend a hand emptying the house, which had been completely inundated.
“Cheap stuff, expensive stuff, it’s all the same,” Luong said. “It’s all the same colour. I hate brown from now on.”
Our photographers have been working in the flood zones and sending back a variety of images from this damaging flood.
Click here for the mega gallery of pictures.
Age reporter Benjamin Preiss working in his flooded motel room in Rochester.Credit:Justin McManus
Strawberry Fields, described as “four days of live music, large-scale art, workshops and wild river swimming” is held annually on the Murray River in Tocumwal, a town on the Victoria-NSW border.
The bush bash was scheduled for October 28 to 30 –but after watching flood levels on the Murray River rise well into September, organisers made the call to cancel the event at the “11th hour”. It was a month out from the festival, and right before construction needed to start.
Going to a music festival has been a rite of passage for many Australians, but there’s no bass thumping loud enough to drown out warnings that the beloved sardine-packed sweaty mosh pit in the middle of a paddock is in trouble.
The waterlogged mess of this year’s Splendour in the Grass was just the start, with organisers, artists and attendees alike warning that wild weather has put Australia’s live music scene under serious threat. This year alone, more than eight music festivals have been cancelled or postponed due to bad weather.
Age photographer Eddie Jim took these pictures in Mooroopna, Victoria as the flooding continued and locals were told to evacuate.
Howe Street, Mooroopna on Saturday.Credit:Eddie Jim
Sand bagging on the main street of Mooroopna.Credit:Eddie Jim
Ashden Crofts looks over the damage along Howe Street, Mooroopna.Credit:Eddie Jim
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