Comments on: Angaston, South Oz: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Floods of ’22 https://jimandjamie.com/angaston-south-oz-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-floods-of-22/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Lisa https://jimandjamie.com/angaston-south-oz-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-floods-of-22/#comment-2937 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 23:24:23 +0000 https://jimandjamie.com/?p=37290#comment-2937 We live here and it totally blows my mind to even begin to understand that the river got that high and wide and inundated that many towns. And no technology and machinery like there is now to cope with flooding. There is also a mark on one of the hotels verandah post in Mannum showing the 56 level and it’s so high above the “normal” river level it’s hard to believe

]]> By: Jim https://jimandjamie.com/angaston-south-oz-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-floods-of-22/#comment-2936 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 02:09:11 +0000 https://jimandjamie.com/?p=37290#comment-2936 In reply to Grant Pryzibilla.

Really interesting. That flood must have been remarkable to witness.

]]> By: Grant Pryzibilla https://jimandjamie.com/angaston-south-oz-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-floods-of-22/#comment-2935 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 01:36:45 +0000 https://jimandjamie.com/?p=37290#comment-2935 Hi Jim
A little bit of info for you. I witnessed the 1956 floods at Mannum.
More info. Elizabeth’s dad Bruce Fitch built a 1 car ferry and installed it at Blanchetown during the 1956 floods. The river level was so high that the Government run ferry at Blanchetown was unable to be used. He built this ferry to enable farmers to send their crops from the other side of the river to markets in Adelaide & also so that the local people could access the town.

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