Deputy Premier, Minister for Transport and Roads
The NSW Government is in the process of repositioning each of the 389 navigation markers which washed out of location during the recent floods, as part of a commitment to maintain the safest conditions on NSW waterways.
Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for disaster recovery John Barilaro said the NSW Government has completed a full assessment of damage to the State’s waterways and will be working to get markers back in place as quickly as possible.
“Almost 400 navigation aids, such as buoys and channel markers were washed away by flood waters, with the Mid North Coast being the worst affected. In one case a buoy ended up 206 kilometres from its starting point in the Manning River,” Mr Barilaro said.
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ABC Mid North Coast journalist Luisa Rubbo went from reporting on Port Macquarie floods to being evacuated from her home
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ABC Mid North Coast journalist Luisa Rubbo providing a live update on the flood impact at Port Macquarie.
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In my 20 years living and raising our family in Port Macquarie, on the NSW Mid North Coast, I have never seen the floodwater come so high around our house.
Our community has, of course, experienced floods before, but my neighbours who have lived on Port Macquarie s North Shore for more than 70 years say they ve never experienced a flood this bad and certainly did not anticipate what was to come on the night of Friday, March 19.
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The big wet was just setting in over NSW last month when Colonel Warwick Young received the call.
It was Marg Prendergast, executive director of disaster recovery at Resilience NSW. The one in 50-year flood event had only just begun its wrath.
Floodwaters in the Hawkesbury River pass under Hawkesbury River Bridge at Mooney Mooney.
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The army reservist of 30 years recalls: âMarg rang me and said, âWeâre having a meeting. Can you be at it? Just so you are aware of whatâs going on.ââ
It was Sunday, March 21, one day before two powerful weather systems would collide over the east coast of NSW, causing widespread chaos, evacuations and the loss of a human life.