News Gallery: Echuca Moama floods By Steve Huntley Oct 25, 2022 Sign of the times: This poster out the front of a home on Goulburn Road yesterday. Photo by Steve Huntley Riverine Herald photographer Steve Huntley has captured these images of the flood situation in Echuca Moama. Team effort: A group of young blokes loading sandbags on Goulburn Road. Photo by Steve Huntley Wet: An aerial view of the flooding at Echuca East. Photo by Steve Huntley Heavy weather: A mountain of sandbags on Goulburn Road. Photo by Steve Huntley Umbrella: Glenys Grumley helps Corporal Edie Haley dry during her sandbagging efforts. Photo by Steve Huntley Rising high: The river gauge at Moama on Monday. Photo by Steve Huntley Hectic: A pump in action on Chanter Street, Moama feeding stormwater back into the swollen Murray River. Photo by Steve Huntley Under the bridge: Floodwater at Horseshoe Lagoon. Photo by Steve Huntley Inundated: Floodwaters on a property at Chanter Street. Photo by Steve Huntley Uplifting: This message was in a shopfront on Meninya St, Moama. Photo by Steve Huntley Family affair: Kangaroos under the Dungala Bridge in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley Drenched: This kangaroo pictured under the Dungala Bridge in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley Heavy duty: A giant pump in action on Watson Street, Echuca. It is capable of pumping 2000 litres of water per second. Photo by Steve Huntley Banking up: Debris in the swollen Campaspe River near the Dungala Bridge. Photo by Steve Huntley Support: A ute drives some volunteers into Goulburn Road yesterday. Photo by Steve Huntley Heartbreaking: Floodwaters lapping next to a house in Goulburn Road, Echuca East. Photo by Steve Huntley Transportation: Dennis Case used this yellow tinnie to get into his Chanter St home. Photo by Steve Huntley Capsized: A kayak spotted upside in the swollen Murray River in Moama yesterday. Photo by Steve Huntley Related Stories News Longwood named by Tones And I, official details still pendingJust one word — ‘Longwood’ — on Tones And I’s Facebook page sent the town into a frenzy over the weekend, though official confirmation is still awaited. By Kelly Lucas-Carmody News Thirty-six oppose High St drive-through coffee shop proposalA majority of submitters have objected against a planning permit application for a drive-though coffee shop on the corner of High and Wallis Sts. By Billie Davern News After honouring local veterans, Max and Sam named Young Citizens of the YearMax Chetcuti and Sam Quigg have been awarded as Mitchell Shire’s Young Citizens of the Year after leading Seymour’s Vietnam Veterans’ Day service last year. By Billie Davern News Pauline is shire’s artist of the yearAfter being nominated by last year’s awardee, Arts Person of the Year Pauline Taylor said, “I thought that was really, really special, actually, to think that she thinks that is really nice.” By Billie Davern Newsletter Delivered weekly each Wednesday Subscribe to Newsletter Most Popular News Thirty-six oppose High St drive-through coffee shop proposal News Cat survives after six days in bushfire-torn wilderness News Community rallies to deliver $2m fodder aid after Longwood fires News A town nearly erased by fire, yet hope and resilience rise from the ashes News Seymour brigade’s battle against the Longwood blaze
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