Discover the Hawkesbury

07/04/2024

06/04/2024

Edit: it appears the BoM gauge at Nth Richmond is faulty. See our most recent post.

The river levels are falling across the system, and most importantly at both the river crossings. Richmond bridge will be below the road height this morning, so should be re-opened today (depending on any damage or repairs required). Our gauge deck height doesn't seem to be synced with the image of the bridge from Live Traffic.

Transport NSW held their nerve and didn't close Windsor bridge, even though the river there did get slightly above the past level at which it closed.

Gorricks Lane is showing as closed on Live Traffic, but access is still available via Hibberts Lane.

Warragamba Dam flows will be reducing as the level there has also continued to drop.

We'll publish details on peak heights a little later.

06/04/2024

05/04/2024

Windsor Bridge is still open to traffic 7.40am.
Image from Live Traffic

05/04/2024

05/04/2024

Cornwallis and eastern part of Richmond Lowlands Flooding
Prepare to evacuate
Watch and Act

The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to PREPARE TO EVACUATE due to predicted rising hazardous major flooding:

- Kurrajong Road
- The back of Francis Street
- The back of Dight Street
- Percival Street and Rickabys Creek.
- Bensons Lane
- Cornwallis Road
- Cornwells Lane
- Cupritts Lane
- Gow Lane
- Ingolds Lane
- Old Kurrajong Road
- Onus Lane
- Percival Street
- Powells Lane
- Ridges Lane
- Triangle Lane

You should monitor the situation and prepare to evacuate so that you can safely evacuate when instructed to do so by NSW SES. Wherever possible, you should prepare to stay with family or friends, or make other accommodation arrangements.

If you remain in the area, you may become trapped without power, water, and other essential services. It may be too dangerous for NSW SES to rescue you.

What are we expecting?

The Bureau of Meteorology advises The Hawkesbury River at North Richmond (WPS) is likely to exceed the minor flood level (3.80 m) Friday evening.

The river level is likely to exceed the moderate flood level (7.90 m) overnight Friday into Saturday and with forecast rainfall may reach the major flood level (10.50 m) Saturday morning.

Based on predictions from the Bureau of Meteorology, the following areas may be impacted by dangerous floodwaters:

- Kurrajong Road
- The back of Francis Street
- The back of Dight Street
- Percival Street and Rickabys Creek.
- Bensons Lane
- Cornwallis Road
- Cornwells Lane
- Cupritts Lane
- Gow Lane
- Ingolds Lane
- Old Kurrajong Road
- Onus Lane
- Percival Street
- Powells Lane
- Ridges Lane
- Triangle Lane

This event may change quickly. We will monitor the situation and update our warnings if the situation changes.

View the full warning: https://hazardwatch.gov.au/a/qixqmf

Download the Hazards Near Me App and set up ‘Watch Zones’ to receive warnings in real time. https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

For emergency help in floods, storms and tsunamis, call the NSW SES on 132 500. In life-threatening situations, call Triple Zero (000) immediately.

Post current at 10:38pm on Friday 5th April 2024.

05/04/2024

Gronos Point Flooding
Prepare to evacuate
Watch and Act

The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to PREPARE TO EVACUATE due to predicted rising moderate flooding:

- Properties in the Gronos Point area including properties along Gronos Farm Road and Manns Road.

You should monitor the situation and prepare to evacuate so that you can safely evacuate when instructed to do so by NSW SES. Wherever possible, you should prepare to stay with family or friends, or make other accommodation arrangements.

If you remain in the area, you may become trapped without power, water, and other essential services. It may be too dangerous for NSW SES to rescue you.

What are we expecting?

The Bureau of Meteorology advises The Hawkesbury River at Windsor (WPS) is likely to exceed the minor flood level (5.80 m) overnight Friday into Saturday. With forecast rainfall, the river level may reach the moderate flood level (7.00 m) Saturday morning.

Based on predictions from the Bureau of Meteorology, the following areas may be impacted by dangerous floodwaters:

- Properties in the Gronos Point area including properties along Gronos Farm Road and Manns Road.

This event may change quickly. We will monitor the situation and update our warnings if the situation changes.

View the full warning: https://hazardwatch.gov.au/a/XRFh2o

Download the Hazards Near Me App and set up ‘Watch Zones’ to receive warnings in real time. https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

For emergency help in floods, storms and tsunamis, call the NSW SES on 132 500. In life-threatening situations, call Triple Zero (000) immediately.

Post current at 10:50pm on Friday 5th April 2024.

05/04/2024

🌧️ The Blue Mountains have received falls of 50-100mm already during this event with further heavy rainfall yet to come today and into tomorrow.

Great shot coming through from Wentworth Falls showing the volume of water. Boardwalks in the area have been closed as a result.

📸: Scenic World Blue Mountains

▪️Be alerted to severe weather, flooding and more by downloading the NSW Incident Alerts App - https://apple.co/39Y5tW2

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05/04/2024

Be safe everyone 🖤



📸: Jasmine Seymour (Bayala)

05/07/2023

An artwork of historic significance has been added to the collection of Hawkesbury Regional Gallery as Australia celebrates NAIDOC Week, a time to honor the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The artwork titled 'Waterholes,' generously donated by ren...

02/07/2023

What a beautiful day today at the 2023 Hawkesbury NAIDOC Concert at Richmond Park and what a beautiful way to kick off the beginning of NAIDOC Week.

Thank you to Merana Aboriginal Community Association for the Hawkesbury INC and everyone involved in organising such a deadly event and for having DCAC there for yet another wonderful year of celebration of our beautiful Culture.

The theme for this years NAIDOC is “For Our Elders”. How very special to have so many of our beautiful Elders there today especially Dharug Elder Aunty Edna Watson who was able to attend and have such a beautiful time within our Community and with some of our littlest Custodians.

Aunty Edna has been involved with the Hawkesbury’s NAIDOC event since the very start. From humble beginnings, it was lovely to have her there for one of the biggest events to date surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Aunt is pictured here with her great granddaughter- Lyra.

The Hawkesbury’s NAIDOC is getting bigger and better each year. If you weren’t able to make it this year, we hope to see you there next year!

🖤🖤🖤

12/06/2023

10/05/2023

Monday 15th May, live segments on our farm with the alpacas and goats!

24/04/2023

Learn about what resources can be used to trace your Indigenous family history.

20/04/2023

Gather the family and come along to this Friday's Elders in Residence | Art and Yarn.

Acknowledging our place and relationship to Darug land, Art and Yarn connects kids and adults with First Nations culture and knowledge in a fun and engaging way.

Meet our Elders, Uncle Wes Marne, Uncle Greg Simms, Uncle Danny Eastwood and Uncle John Farrington.

All ages welcome. Register now: https://bit.ly/41x4mlC

Friday 21 April
10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Blacktown City Council

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Image: Uncle Wes by Eliya Cohen, Mosca Media Australia

Image description: An older man in a hat using black, yellow, and red beads

31/03/2023

Merana Aboriginal Community Association for the Hawkesbury Inc. Presents ..

✨✨ NAIDOC BALL ✨✨

29th July 2023

6pm - 12am

Windsor Function Centre, Windsor

$95 pp + GST
$1080 table of 12 + GST

BOOK TICKETS ⬇️
(02) 4588 5144
[email protected]

18+ Event

Formal dress

Rated: BEST NAIDOC Ball in Western Sydney 🔥

29/03/2023

❤️❤️❤️What a great opening night❤️❤️❤️

A full house, lots of lovely comments and a fantastic starting point in what’s going to be a fabulous journey at our new home.

We are taking bookings for the upcoming weekend but will be leaving tables for those last minute dinners.

Big shout out to Josh, Georgie, Caylem, Lyle, Hayden, Amanda and Sharon who have done an amazing job in getting our new kitchen up and running in just 2 days. It’s a massive effort for a very enthusiastic crew.

28/03/2023

MISSING DOG YOSHI

We don't normally do missing dog posts because, well, quite a few do go missing and most turn up but we're making an exception this time because the folks who own Yoshi, a male Chow Chow, only just moved into their new home in Bowen Mountain on Monday and it's not the best of starts in the new neighbourhood, so let's all help.

Yoshi went missing from Lt Bowen Drive yesterday. He is a large fawn coloured dog with a blue tongue and he's wearing a blue collar. He is a bit timid with males.

If you see him or find him, please call the owners on 0408 238 959.

17/02/2023

The heritage-listed Zig Zag Railway in the Blue Mountains is reopening as a tourist attraction after more than a decade out of action.

03/02/2023

The multimedia exhibition takes its name from the ancient waterway Dyarubbin, also known as the Hawkesbury River, and...

02/02/2023

SAVE THE DATE..

Hawkesbury’s Annual NAIDOC Ball 💃🏽✨

July 29th 2023

For any information contact (02) 4588 5144 or email [email protected]

01/02/2023

The Bilpin Fruit Bowl is proud and excited to announce that we will be holding the FIRST EVER Apple fair here at our farm on 11th and 12 March. After a tough few years we wanted to celebrate our apple picking season.

We will have showbags for sale, kids rides, live music all weekend, market stalls, food and best of all apple picking.

We have 20 spots left for market stalls, so if you are interested please PM me. These stalls are free for the weekend. (Please no candle makers).

20/01/2023

You know those majestic models on the catwalks? May I present Tallahassee to you - she likes the sunshine but looks stunning in her gorgeous reflective outfit introduced by a sudden drop in temperature. And for our humans, we offer log fires in our cabins - only 90 mins from Sydney’s CBD. Book now! Www.madisonsretreat.com.au

02/09/2022

01/09/2022

Relief manager Kurrajong Heights
We have a gorgeous farmstay and we are looking for a relief manager. It would be about 3 days each time, and we would provide accommodation. You need to be a good all rounder - computer skills, willing to do some cleaning (we have casual cleaners), good with animals (alpacas and goats). We have an extensive operations manual.

01/09/2022

Come join us for a weekend of activities combined with relaxation, peaceful company & Fabulous food.

01/09/2022

Spring is almost back just like our beautiful park. We can’t wait for you to visit us very soon amongst the sunshine ☀️

19/07/2022

‼FREEMANS REACH ROAD IS NOW OPEN

Road surface repairs have now been completed on Freemans Reach Road and the road is OPEN to all traffic!

Keep up to date with our road repair projects here 👇
www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/emergency/flood-emergency/flood-project-updates
This list is being regularly added to and updated so please check back often.

📸 Freemans Reach Road