Is the Moyne River Rising?

The live height of the Moyne River at the Toolong gauge upstream of Port Fairy, with its recent range and trend — the river reading the local flood guide watches. Official flood warnings linked.

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Worth knowing

Why the gauge is upstream at Toolong

There is a gauge in town at the Gipps Street bridge, but down at the river mouth the level mostly rises and falls with the tide, which tells you little about flooding. The Toolong gauge upstream reads the river itself, before the water reaches town — which is why VICSES's Port Fairy flood guide uses it as the indication of flood conditions.

The two ways Port Fairy floods

Riverine flooding comes from heavy rain in the Moyne catchment raising the river; coastal flooding comes from storm tides and sea level pushing up the estuary at the river mouth, and the two can combine. This gauge shows the river side of that picture, not the tide at the bridge in town.

What the number means

It is the river height at the Toolong gauge in metres, as the Bureau of Meteorology records it — a provisional, telemetered reading, not a flood level. We show where it sits against the river's own range over the last 30 days so you can see whether it is rising, steady or falling.