Repairing flood-damaged fences a priority

Topics: 2013 floods, flood damaged farms, oswald

FLOOD fencing is in full swing in the Mackay hinterland as rainfall from 177mm to 400mm and more brought an end to near-drought conditions.

Property owners with large frontages to roads have braved floodwaters to get their fences up and keep motorists and stock safe.

It's essential to get the floodway fences fixed immediately, as cattle will find a broken wire and get out if you don't fix it.

Throughout Queensland, property owners will be out flood fencing boundaries with roads and highways a priority.

Flood run-off from creeks in the Nebo-Valkyrie area are joining other floodwaters to raise the height of the Fitzroy River and affect roads around Rockhampton.

In the Valkyrie Access Rd area and properties further down the Fitzroy catchment, beef producers had to shift cattle from flood-prone country up to high ground which did not have sufficient feed due to the extended conditions.

Rainfall varied on properties from 150mm upwards within short distances.

"Five men went out this morning with two Toyotas and two ATVs to start repairing the Codrilla fences on the Fitzroy Development Road," Di Pullen said on Friday morning. Codrilla, 55km from Nebo, has 38km of boundary fence with the Fitzroy Development Rd and 14km with Valkyrie Access Rd.

"It's essential to get the floodway fences fixed immediately, as cattle will find a broken wire and get out if you don't fix it," she said.

Go here to see the original:
Repairing flood-damaged fences a priority