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"Just outside the flood-affected town of Condobolin, the rail line that helps
connect Sydney to Perth is suspended mid-air.
The hanging track is warped, dropping and rising like a carnival ride. The
ballast beneath has been washed away, testament to the power of the floods that
have devastated the central west.
“I wouldn’t be game to drive a train over it anytime soon,” says a local wheat
and canola farmer, Graham McDonald.
Running parallel to the track is Henry Parkes Way, the main road connecting the
region’s farmers with the hubs of Parkes and Forbes.
Potholes and damage pockmark the bitumen. Cars have to slow to a crawl to
navigate parts of the 100km/h road, and many of the dirt roads that connect it
to properties to the north and south are either closed entirely or extensively
damaged.
The situation is replicated all over the south-east of the country,
particularly in New South Wales and Victoria, where flooding and heavy rains
have caused immense damage to infrastructure critical to rural Australia.
In NSW alone, the government estimates a staggering 10,000 kilometres of road
have been affected by flood and rain damage, an early estimate only expected to
worsen.
Many of the state’s roads are still underwater, making it difficult for crews
to properly assess the damage."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
