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Road Closures mean just that.
After visiting Lake Eppalock spillway on Saturday night and discovering that the spillway road had been closed to vehicle traffic, we returned to the lake yesterday, driving around to the other side of the closed spillway road to view it via McIvor Highway. The damage caused to this stretch of the road was extraordinary.
This road, which we have used over the past five years in our extensive exploration of Lake Eppalock is now a rubble of bitumen, telephone pits, fencing wire, pipes, rocks and dead fingerlings. Large gum trees are still standing but their roots are exposed to the sun.
The sight is attracting tourists and locals alike. There was a man with his children exploring the area: he taking photos while his children delighted in spotting tadpoles in the few remaining puddles.
A woman stopped to share her incredulous shock that, according to her, the road ‘really was’ closed for a reason (Derr! I wanted to say but bit my tongue.)
This damage (which is possibly tame compared to other parts of the country affected by flood) is a perfect example of why there are road closed signs put up by the relevant authorities and that people need to obey them and not, according to recent radio reports from police, move the signage themselves.
