Murwillumbah Flood 2022 - Northern Rivers, New South Wales - Australia - 4K Footage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Northern Rivers NSW is a very beautiful region but does experience an occasional major Tweed flood crisis. This year, 2022, we experienced a record-breaking historic flooding crisis caused by an intense storm cell and very heavy rain. The Tweed River peaked at 6.51 mAHD (metres above Australian Height Datum). For the first time ever the Murwillumbah flood levee wall overflows into the Murwillumbah CBD. The wall is substantial and was built to protect the heart of the town and some of the adjacent lower lying residential area. Fortunately, the rain downpours abated, and the overflow stopped. According to the Tweed Shire Council, this historic flooding reached the highest level in recorded history.
This year, Murwillumbah as well as nearby surrounding towns and villages in Northern NSW became isolated. Main roads become impassable due to the terrible flood wash-outs and blocking land slips. Services such as power, phone and internet failed. Commercial deliveries such as food and essential goods like spare parts were not able to get through. Technicians and other repair personnel were likewise unable to gain access due to massive road damage. I'm afraid that my written description here can't do justice to the circumstances, especially for those who have incurred heavy losses. All this adds up to a historic flooding crisis with SES volunteers and Police involved in rescue operations with the Westpac rescue helicopter picking up supplies from Marine Rescue NSW at Point Danger to deal with the Tweed floods. From images and videos now becoming available, it's clear that the road system will require extensive repair.
In low lying areas, for some weeks and even longer, there will now be large rubbish heaps piled on nature strips awaiting council pickup. It's happened time and time again in the past and will happen again in the future. It would be good if people could move somewhere else, but these properties will continue to be inhabited. However, the cost of relocating is prohibitive. A rising from the ashes always happens as resilient people start over again. There are kind-hearted folk here who will lend a hand.
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I walked down the Main Street today and had coffee at the Austral. Hard to believe this was last week. The devastation and loss is immense. But the community spirit in this place is amazing. Thank you for the footage. Very interesting to see it all unfold. 🙏🏻
Mell, it's certainly been a dramatic time. After I vacated the CBD, It must have risen another 60cm in town. I reckon, from other footage that's been posted, it's come from some spillage over the wall, some via the hockey fields from further upstream and from rainwater draining from higher ground into the town centre. I think our town needs some monster pumps to cope in future. Yes, the community spirit is second to none.
WOW! Hadn't seen this one! It was a huge challenge at our place, on Hartigan street down by the levee wall. Thanks for getting out there and filming it!
Hi Sean!. Yes, your area in Hartigan Street was badly affected. I hope you didn't have too much loss. I live well above the flood area along the Byangum Rd / North Arm Road ridge so was safe from flood waters. I did however, get soaked to the skin while filming. It was hard to hole the camera without shaking underneathg my umbrella which kept bowing inside out. Lets hope the pump near your street keeps working next time if we get another flood.
Thank you for posting this video of floods. This one place i do miss in oz. Prayers to all who been affected by this flood.
Thank you for commenting Anita and for your prayers. I encounter others like yourself who miss Murwillumbah and the Northern Rivers.
'Thank you',well written and produced ... i am in Vic and have someone i love dearly there and we cannot contact each other for many days now . In these times love with faith is all .....
Hello 'The Last Australian'. I'm sorry you have not been able to contact your loved one. That could possibly be because the flooding has caused internet and phone outages which have been going for few days. I think in most cases they have now been restored. The flood damage here has been monumental. The roads will take a huge amount of effort to repair. If you still can't make contact I would suggest that one possible way would be to post a request on the largest and most active well run Facebook Groups here. It's the group called Murwillumbah Matters. It's a public group.
You can find it here: facebook.com/groups/1235985433095427 I don't know of a better way. I do hope you can get through.
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I'm genuinely surprised ewetube have allowed your link! ... must be pretending to have a soul
Really authentic footage considering you were on foot. I was only there 3.5 weeks ago, cycling, camping and climbed Mt Warning. Glad I did it then - I can't imagine what the track will be like after the rain. Hope the people at the campground are ok. Take care.
Thanks for commenting Haych. It was actually quite difficult to film in the wind and rain. I got totally soaked to the skin, holding my camera in one hand and my flimsy umbrella in the other. It kept blowing inside out. I had to keep wiping the lens.
Wow! I owned that cafe on the corner many years ago and lived right on the Tweed River there.
After I left the area the water level rose higher in the town. I don't know how it faired. Everyone was directed by SES to vacate the CBD. Looks like you 'dodged a bullet' so to speak.
Thanks for sharing. Just amazing the amount of water that has fallen! Hope you didnt suffer too much damage. So much devastation across massive areas. Sad, however, necessary to document these events wherever we can. Stay safe!
Thanks for commenting. Where I reside is safe above the flood level. I did however get totally soaked to the skin. My umbrella blowing inside out and shaking with the strong wind made filming very challenging. Luckily my camera seems to have survived getting wet from horizontal spray.
Why you dont try to build a big sea in the middle of the Australian continent, and when this monsoon come, you can pump all the quantities of water with monsters pipelines in the middle of the land, so you can grow vegetables, farm and agriculture on ?????? 🙄🤔🤔🤔🤔
Oh, I thought I had replied to this one but it mustn't have sent. Jude, the thought has crossed my mind too but I think such a project would be expensive beyond belief, also the desert heat of inland Australia would quickly evaporate the water.
@@gavinhartmedia Why your homeland does not make the salt water of sea sweet in so sweetening plants and works. After that you line the sweet water in the desert, the same what South Africa makes. You know, it exists also sweet water rivers under the sea surface are also there in Australia , you can also tap and pipe the sweet water of this rivers in dessert. Even the flood water from monsoon that came to you this month, you can pump and build lakes close to coastal sites all over the country where people live , and make agriculture and farm with it. Even in case of catastrophic forest fire, you can use this water. Also for houses consumption, you can use this water again. Ingenious idea or not?
Great work capturing this, super hard conditions to film... Thanks for the great pics and edit:)
Thanks Joel. Yes filming was very challenging. I got totally soaked to the skin. Umbrella kept blowing inside out. My poor little DJI Pocket 2 got wet with horizontal spray. It seems to have survived. Thanks also to you for your awesome drone recording of events. I understand how you must have felt capturing the aftermath footage. Tough but needed assignment.
Thanks to both of you for your contribution. Considerate, appropriately sensitive and moreover informative.
Thank you Lee for taking the time to comment. Thanks for appreciating the need for sensitivity.
Easiest time in Earths history to record wet weather events.
Well done for braving the rain and capturing this amazing footage.
Hi Bill. Looks like I missed replying to your comment. I thought I had but maybe something went wrong? However thanks for commenting. I actually got soaked to the skin. About all the umbrella did was keep the direct rain off my camera. It was windy and the umbrella kept blowing inside out. It also made filming one handed very difficult.
@@gavinhartmedia you did really well radGiddy.
Murbah always cops it... watching this makes me miss the town...maybe one day i might be able to move back
Hi Cecillia. I too miss places I have previously lived in. I hope you get a chance to come back. :-)
All your videos of the local area are excellent. I didnt get to see what happened in town as I was cut off out at byrrill ck. I would love to see you do a road or drone trip around wollumbin from uki, via byrrill ck to tyalgum.
Hello @DhanishtaDevi. Thank you for your kind comment. I appreciate it and I am glad you like my videos. With regard to your request for a video of Uki to Tyalgum: Currently I'm not making any videos at all. I have not made one since mid-June 2022. As age catches up with me, I'm experiencing a lot of fatigue, tiredness and low energy levels. I don't know if it is temporary or ongoing. If my energy returns, I'll consider starting up again but that remains to be seen but I'll keep your request in mind. Thank you and best wishes. Gavin.
I loved the beautiful wall & then I saw the amount of water it’s holding back & OMG 😳😰😱🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Belinda, yes it's scary how much water was behind the wall. However, I could see no sign of any movement in the wall at all when it was under pressure. The river side of the wall is decorated with Graffiti Art. You can walk along the wall on the river side it's not covered by flood water. Check out a couple of my other videos to see those artworks: th-cam.com/video/linM3c776Ec/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/ZO3YnzbrN-w/w-d-xo.html.
I have camped under that bridge many times we used to call it the Tweed River Hotel.
Well, I suppose you could try throwing a line in to catch dinner. Nice 'room' views and at least it is sheltered underneath from rain, (when not flooding). I've seen evidence of another camp spot a little to the south on the river bank and even under the pump outlet. Hope you now have more upmarket accommodation.
@@gavinhartmedia Bridges make perfect "budget" hotels running water close to shops and transport and as far away from schools as any adventurous teenage could ever want to be.
It was 45 years ago in July in midwinter so it was the dry season these days I live in a Houso Penthouse overlooking Centennial Park.
Its a know thing that you never ever camp there or on any river bank if there is a storm brewing or the ants are climbing the trees.
You spend the money and stay at the pub and have a cold brew instead.
Nice!
Amazing footage. Am so glad you were able to go out and about with your camera.
Thanks Jean. The video, plus those made by other videographers will serve as a record of events for our area. It's a pity though when you consider the emotional stress and the material and financial losses incurred by folk impacted by this flood.
Best footage I’ve seen.. thanks (local)
Thank you Ahren! I appreciate your comment. It's encourages me to continue creating videos.
That's a lot of water.
Yes, it happens every few years.
It’s sad but I really wanted to get my skim board out but I was stuck on misty mountain campgrounds and I couldn’t get out
Thanks for commenting Zak. Yes, there was much sadness because of the flood. Maybe it was best you could not use your skim board 🏂, because floods can unexpectedly be dangerous. Take care!
I am so sorry, we are bracing down here today. So much water and over such a massive distance .
My heart is breaking for everyone
Thanks for expressing your sentiments. It's sad for so many people here. Also for other badly affected areas as well. I hope you will be safe if this weather event also impacts your area.
I have all of these paths in the past & am truly SO sad about what has happened. ..
Thanks Barbara for expressing your sentiments about the catastrophic events here. There's a lot of sadness, grief and human trauma here. Fortunately there has been minimal loss of life. There are many folk who have lost huge amounts of household goods and cars as well. Businesses have been badly impacted. Local effort has been the main resource to help, i.e. self help. I must say that I am disappointed that the road system and essential services and utilities has proved to be so fragile. Many questions need to be asked of state and federal governments as to why their response has been so tardy.
Excellent video, sad circumstances. I have been giving very serious thought to moving to Murwillumbah in May or June, having a serious rethink now. Is the Arts Centre safe? I really hope you are all OK up there and the region recovers quickly.
David, for 99.9 % of the time Murwillumbah is safe. A flood every now and then occurs. It badly effects people in low lying areas but there are many safe places to live on higher ground where you can feel completely safe. Utility outages and supplies are just temporary and are put right within a few days. It's still worth it to live here. Just understand the terrain and locate accordingly. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
David, I have not been able to get up to the Tweed Regional Gallery. The road up to there has been badly cut. The gallery is located on a ridge high above the flood waters. I have seen no report of damage up there.
However, the M|Arts Precinct in town was quite badly flooded. There is damage to stock in there. I feel for sad that community.
@@gavinhartmedia Thank you for the information. Sorry to hear about the Arts Precinct. I have been enjoying your videos of the region, thanks very much for posting them. I have particularly enjoyed the ones of the regional markets and small local towns. Also the one of the Murwillumbah town centre, as well as the full series of videos on Mountain View. I am considering Mountain View as a location. Recommended? Above the flood line?
David, I don't know if you are far or near but if you wanted to visit and check out Mountain View, I'd be happy to show you around and tell you some of the ins and outs. I'm a resident in the village myself and for me it's a wonderful solution for my senior years. A lot depends on your personal attitudes and likes/dislikes. The village is nicely terraced into a landscape which once upon a time was a quarry, so there are elevated units and others down lower. The flood waters from the Tweed river can't reach here but the rain was so heavy this year that a small number of lower units experienced drainage backflow problems resulting in some messy floor level issues. I've no doubt these instances will be addressed post haste. Zero problems in my unit. I think I need to mention that you can no longer buy a property in the village on a strata title. All future units will be leasehold. A relatively high exit fee can apply if you leave and you can't achieve a capital gain. Since I am determined to live out my days here, an exit fee is of no concern to me. The cost of buying a leasehold is far less than buying a strata title unit elsewhere. My monthly fees which include rates and building insurance are only $602.
The homeless slept under the bridges in Murwillumbah ,I hope they were rescued before the waters flooded in 😢😢😢😢there will be many more homeless today let’s continue to show the Aussie spirit, let’s not grow weary in doing good , loving our neighbours , showing compassion & grieving with our heartbroken neighbours let’s open out hearts & our wallets to Murwillumbah & other water ravaged towns 💞😭😭 Seems it takes a horrendous flood , WATER which literally cannot be held back by any means to prioritise what really matters inAustralia❣️ WE WILL NOT BE DIVIDED BY haves & have nots! We will not be divided by THE JABBED OR UNJABBED! We will not be divided by We will not be divided by the the fear-mongering fake news, (NOT SKY NEWS) , covid pandemic media mob.. notice they were washed away from front page in a day with the rest of the sewerage …. Keep up the good work you everyday awesome Aussies💞our churches , our grandsons 🥇 💞NSW Lismorians 💞🥇we thank all helpers🎖…. God bless you all and may God grant those who’ve lost so much with provisions & strength to endure ❣️🥰🥰🥰💞💞 don’t give up your not alone ❣️❣️❣️
Hi Janice. Thanks for commenting. I agree with you about the 'fear-mongering fake news and the 'covid media mob'. What a disgrace! Yeah, thank God for Sky News. Take care.
All government grants cut off , what a joke this government needs to go , and labour too
chickeninthecorn, Thanks for commenting.
I saw a tire going down the River
Hi Victoria. Indeed there was a lot of stuff going down the river. It all looked quite scary. The water didn’t reach Church Lane though. 😀 . Thanks for commenting.
These floods have never happened like this before ... and sorry to say the science states they will get worse.
Enough of Liberals & Nationals denying, discrediting Aussie reality and do something, or get out of the way so competent Aussies can.
I'm disappointed with government tardiness in responding to our emergencies. Power out. Telecommunications out. So much left to volunteers and locals. Thanks for commenting Dodgy.
@@gavinhartmedia don't forget the federal liberal & nationals $4.8 billion disaster emergency prevention & action fund, where not single dollar has been spent in 3 years on prevention & action. Sad days.
Yes, that troubles me too. Remember the fires.
@@gavinhartmedia too well, I'm country nsw. My whole town won't forget that. Well, here's to the coming unannounced election in few months, better start reminding fellow Aussies, we have tendency of forgetting.
Why you dont try to build a big sea in the middle of the Australian continent, and when this monsoon come, you can pump all the quantities of water with monsters pipelines in the middle of the land, so you can grow vegetables, farm and agriculture on ?????? 🙄🤔
Why you dont try to build a big sea in the middle of the Australian continent, and when this monsoon come, you can pump all the quantities of water with monsters pipelines in the middle of the land, so you can grow vegetables, farm and agriculture on ?????? 🙄🤔
Sounds plausible Jude. Would be good if that was possible. I've sometimes wondered about similar
ideas but I imagine it's not as easy as it sounds. However, I have no expertise in such areas. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Sounds plausible Jude. Would be good if that was possible. I've sometimes wondered about similar
ideas but I imagine it's not as easy as it sounds. However, I have no expertise in such areas. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
@@gavinhartmedia Why your homeland does not make the salt water of sea sweet in so sweetening plants and works. After that you line the sweet water in the desert, the same what South Africa makes. You know, it exists also sweet water rivers under the sea surface are also there in Australia , you can also tap and pipe the sweet water of this rivers in dessert. Even the flood water from monsoon that came to you this month, you can pump and build lakes close to coastal sites all over the country where people live , and make agriculture and farm with it. Even in case of catastrophic forest fire, you can use this water. Also for houses consumption, you can use this water again. Ingenious idea or not?
@@judelerai I don't know why. I'm not an engineer. I'm not a politician. I'm not an economist.
turn that awful background noise off
Thank you for commenting. I'm guessing you mean the sound track. TH-cam has the option for you to mute the sound. Personally I really like the track which I chose. I think it suits the mood and reflects the emotion of the flood event. I don't need to be musically trained to appreciate and give kudos rather than disparagement of an artists work. Others have found the track to their liking. However, I understand musical taste is personal. What kind of 'noise' or 'music' would you have chosen? I'd be interested in your opinion.
@@gavinhartmedia none just news, all that you replied adds to the present dumbing down of the population. repetitive swirling whooshing intense violins bangs pops clicks pounding bongos, all adding to the dumbing down process. wakeup
When I get time, I'll take a closer look at the 432,Hz 528Hz, vibration & frequency videos in your Music playlist. Unfortunately I'm too busy just now.
@@hrxy1 what a comment. Just wow