Photos of debris left behind from the flood.
This was not an exception flood as far as the Pioneer River goes, in fact we missed the majority of rain from the X cyclone Oswald which caused so much devastation further down the coast in January this year 2013. It did raise the river 4-5 meters above normal height for a few hours and then gradually went down over the next 4 days. I was just down at Dumbleton through the week at saw the result of one of the tree that had floated down the river at the height of the flood. I took these couple photos to show you what the flood water can do. If you had seen any of the footage of the floods around Bundeberg of the floods their photographs would be more dramatic.
A warning of what could be lurking below the surface.
At a lower section of Dumbleton Rapid is an example of a very potential danger for a swimmer who has come out of their kayak. At the height that the water is now this danger is easily avoided but with a couple more feet of water a swimmer could be in real danger. This is why log jams are so dangerous for swimmers, it is much better to stay in your kayak. In your kayak you can float around such obstacles, but as a swimmer undercurrents can pull you under rocks and become caught in the timber which is also caught there.
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