2007, Hunter River, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
S 32° 55.765 E 151° 45.735
56H E 384278 N 6355857
This Flood High Level Mark is on the corner of Parry and Steel Streets, Newcastle West, NSW, 2302, depicting the level attained in the June 2007 flooding of the city area.
Waymark Code: WMN1CK
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 12/06/2014
Views: 3
My GPSr measured 8 m elevation, but not sure of the actual elevation.
This particular long weekend (8-11 June, 2007) our youth group (Manning Pathfinders) was supposed to be heading south past Newcastle to go bushwalking for 4 days, 3 nights, but luckily there was enough forecasts that we did not get caught up in the multiple disasters of that weekend. It was also the time that the unladened bulk carrier MV Pasha Bulker ran aground near Nobbys Beach.
4,000 residents had to evacuate their homes from the Maitland area.
There were multiple of deaths/drownings from some cars being swept off a road or bridge.
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: metal plaque
When did this occur?: 8-10 June, 2007
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.
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