NSW waterways flood Alert: Postpone boating

8:03 AM Thu 13 Jan 2011 GMT

'NSW Maritime' NSW Government

NSW Maritime Chief Executive Steve Dunn said boaters are warned not to head out in hazardous conditions on waterways across NSW as a result of fast flowing flood waters and continuing rainfall. Mr Dunn said northern catchments presented a danger to boaters due to dissipating flood waters loaded with debris and stripped of navigation markers to indicate hazards. Boaters also needed to be aware of the dangers of heading out on Murray and South Coast waterways where prolonged rainfall and flooding is impacting in some areas of the Murray, he said. 'In the north of the State, flooding is worst ...

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by Penny Robins