Hunter River, Raymond Terrace, NSW
S 32° 45.610 E 151° 44.570
56H E 382239 N 6374600
Situated in the 'King Street Confectionary' is a series of markers on a support pole, that show how this building has been affected by the flooding from the Hunter River from 1893 to 1955.
Waymark Code: WMPGJT
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 08/28/2015
Views: 3
The marks on the support pole, from the top read:
Flood Level
-1955 16.5ft
-1893 15.8ft
-1930 11.4ft
-1913 11.0ft
-1950 10.4ft
-1951 10.0ft
The current proprietor is too young to remember when any of these floodings occurred.
The link below is for the highest mark flood - 1955: (
visit link)
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: Lines on pole
When did this occur?: 1893 - 1955
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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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