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The longest Highway in NSW snakes 1060 kilometres from Tocumwal near the Victorian border to Goondiwindi, just into Queensland. It s a magnificent drive through wheat and wool country, where sheep nibble on hillsides and cockatoos cackle among the gum trees, but what sets it apart are its astronomical sights, with observatories in Parkes, Gilganda, Coonabarabran and Narrabri, plus Australia s first Dark Sky Park in the Warrumbungles. See newellhighway.org.au You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsletter
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A rain bomb is slowly pushing down the NSW coastline, leaving a trail of flash floods and destruction in its wake.
Sydney is next in line with some areas predicted to cop more than 150 millimetres of rain on Saturday.
Rescuers are on alert for people in danger in NSW s flooded areas.(9News)
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Sydney s waterways are set to become danger zones, with up to four times as much rain from today predicted to fall in the next 24 hours.
Warragamba dam is expected to overflow at the weekend, as the deluge of rain expands from the worst-hit NSW Mid North Coast, to further south including the Hunter Region, Sydney and Illawarra.
Weather by Cormac Pearson, Rachael Rosel 10th Feb 2021 4:02 PM
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Subscriber only A severe storm warning is active with Queensland s central west and southern regions facing the threat of flash flooding. Issued at 1.10pm Wednesday, the warning is for damaging winds and heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding. Locations that could be affected include Tambo and Augathella.
⛈️⚠️ Severe thunderstorm warning issued for damaging winds and heavy rainfall for the Central West and Maranoa and Warrego Districts, including #Tambo and #Augathella. Details and updates: https://t.co/AqRsN9C02Opic.twitter.com/mYeNekdOkH Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland (@BOM Qld) February 10, 2021
Pandemic pushes city slickers to Queensland country towns
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Seeing cities in lockdown was the push Jancine and Steve Harrison needed to pack up and move to Kalbar – a regional Queensland town, population about 2000.
“When the Brisbane lockdowns happened, I just worked from home so it didn’t affect me much, but COVID-19 was definitely the push for us to move,” Ms Harrison said.
New Kalbar residents Jancine and Steve Harrison.
“We were looking at what was happening in other cities, with constant lockdowns, and we didn’t want to get caught up in it all so we just thought no, we love the country, so let’s move out there.