1/47Bowhill on December 17, 2022. Picture: Facebook/ Mark Cooper
40+ pictures: River locals show life amid floods
Roads are closing and shacks are flooding, but our River Murray locals are still smiling – and in some cases catching bucketloads of yabbies.
2/47The unusual sight of every gate open at Goolwa Barrage on December 18. Picture: Jessica Ratcliff
3/47Lions Memorial Park at Renmark on December 15. Picture: Facebook / Bernie Milo
4/47Loxton on December 17. Picture: Facebook/ Leanne Helle-Broe
5/47Blanchetown on December 16. Picture: Facebook / Jules Magrools
6/47Bowhill on December 17. Picture : Facebook/ Mark Cooper
7/47Blanchetown on December 16. Picture: Facebook/ Jules Magrools
8/47Renmark on December 16. Picture: Facebook/ Lee-Anne Doyle
9/47Nildottie on December 14. Picture: Facebook/ Nicole Hutton
10/47Yabby haul at Loveday, south of Barmera, on December 18. Picture: Facebook / Heidi Hill
11/47Loxton on December 17. Picture: Facebook/ Leanne Helle-Broe
12/47Yabby haul at Loveday, south of Barmera, on December 18. Picture: Facebook/ Heidi Hill
13/47Loxton on December 17. Picture: Facebook / Leanne Helle-Broe
14/47Yabby haul at Loveday, south of Barmera, on December 18. Picture: Facebook / Heidi Hill
15/47Sturt Reserve at Murray Bridge on December 17. Picture: Facebook /Karen Guadagnin
16/47Road closed in Blanchetown on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
17/47Pete Stripe kayaking along the main street at Swan Reach on December 16. Picture: Tom Huntley
18/47Levee at Discovery Caravan Park at Lake Bonney on December 16. Picture: Tom Huntley
19/47Road closed in Blanchetown on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
20/47Road closed in Blanchetown on December 15th. Picture: Tom Huntley
21/47Colin Paice in his lounge room holding a carp in Bow Hill on December 16. Picture: Julie Paice/Facebook
22/47Swan Reach shacks flooded on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Graham Nuske
23/47Flow indicator at Lock 1 in Blanchetown on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
24/47Australian Defence Force personnel with two of the high clearance vehicles deployed for the Murray River Floods, near Loxton on December 16th. Picture: Tom Huntley
25/47Australian Defence Force personnel Lance Corporal James and Private Cook with one of the high clearance vehicles deployed for the Murray River Floods, at the Loxton SES headquarters on December 16. Picture: Tom Huntley
26/47Flooded house in Blanchetown on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
27/47Neville Byrne, Roz Adams, Leanne Hart have evacuated from their house boats to the Mannum Football Oval on December 15th. Picture: Tom Huntley
28/47Lock 1 in Blanchetown on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
29/47Community Recovery Coordinator Alex Zimmermann at Swan Reach on December 16. Picture: Tom Huntley
30/47Closed shop on the main street of Mannum on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
31/47Levee behind the Pretoria Hotel in Mannum on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
32/47Southern end of Sturt Reserve at Murray Bridge on December 11, footpath and bench seat already under water. Picture: Jo Schulz
33/47Volunteers Di Glacken, Neil Baldock and Yvonne Walker on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
34/47Mannum Bowling Club Secretary Trevor Dicker and Vice President Graham Wakefield on December 15. Picture: Tom Huntley
35/47Southern end of Sturt Reserve at Murray Bridge on December 11, footpath and bench seat already under water. Picture: Jo Schulz
36/47Southern end of Sturt Reserve at Murray Bridge on December 11. Picture: Jo Schulz
37/47The flooded River Murray at Murray Bridge's Sturt Reserve and shacks on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Carolyn Nottle
38/47Murray Princess at Mannum in December. Picture: Dave Hartley
39/47The flooded River Murray at Murray Bridge's Sturt Reserve and shacks on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Carolyn Nottle
40/47The flooded River Murray at Murray Bridge's Sturt Reserve and shacks on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Carolyn Nottle
41/47The flooded River Murray at Murray Bridge's Sturt Reserve and shacks on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Carolyn Nottle
42/47The flooded River Murray at Murray Bridge's Sturt Reserve and shacks on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Carolyn Nottle
43/47Mannum level indicator on December 13. Picture: Codie Adams/Facebook
44/47Mannum Waters Marina is full to the rim. Picture: Roy Rogers Steele/Facebook
45/47Swan Reach shacks flooded on December 15. Picture: Facebook/Graham Nuske
46/47Murray Princess at Mannum in December. Picture: Dave Hartley
47/47Flooding in Bow Hill on December 16. Picture: Julie Paice
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