The Seven Creeks Bridge at Mitchell Rd, Kialla at 1.20pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
River levels peaked at Shepparton on the weekend, with minor flooding on both the Goulburn River at Shepparton and Seven Creeks at Kialla West.
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Roads closed on Saturday, including Watt Rd between Kialla and Mooroopna, and Raftery Rd between Edgewater Rd and Seven Creeks Drive at Kialla West, and Mitchell Rd between Goulburn Valley Hwy and Archer Rd at Kialla West, as water spilled across the road.
Campers in bushland between Shepparton, Kialla and Mooroopna, including the Raftery Track in Kialla, Commons Track in Mooroopna and Moira Park (off Moira Park Dve), were told to relocate as campsites and access tracks became inundated or isolated.
Flooding from the Goulburn River at Shepparton Regional Park, off the causeway at Shepparton at 4.32pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
Walking and bike paths also flooded.
The Goulburn River at Shepparton reached the minor flood level of 9.5m at 3pm on Sunday, July 5.
It peaked at 9.54m at 2am on Monday, July 6, and remained at that level for 45 minutes before starting to drop.
At 10.15am it dropped to below minor flood level – with a reading of 9.49m – with VicEmergency saying that it was expected to remain near minor flood level for the remainder of Monday and into Tuesday.
Water from the Goulburn River was covering Watt Rd near the traffic lights at the Mooroopna bridge at 2pm on Sunday, July 5.
At Murchison, the Goulburn River remained below the minor flood level of 9m.
At its highest, it reached 8.62m at 6pm on Saturday, July 4, and was still falling on Monday morning.
The Goulburn River at Seymour peaked at moderate flood level of 5.2m, peaking at 5.33m at 6.15am on Friday, before starting to drop.
Watt Rd Bridge at Mooroopna at 12.11pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
At noon on Monday, it was sitting at 2.29m.
The Seven Creeks at Kialla West reached minor flood level of 4.5m at 7am on Saturday, and then peaked at 4.77, at around 2am on Sunday, with minor flooding.
It stayed above minor flood level until around 8pm on Sunday, and at noon on Monday was sitting at 4.19m.
Seven Creeks at Euroa reached minor flood level of 2.5m at 3.57am on Wednesday, July 1.
The boat ramp on the Goulburn River off the causeway at Shepparton at 4.32pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
It peaked at 3.37m at 12.17pm on Wednesday for the first time, before dropping.
It then had a second peak of 3.28m at 4.17pm on Friday.
It remained above minor flood level until 10.17pm on Saturday.
Flooding occurred in low-lying areas close to the river, including the caravan park and some sections of roads.
At 12.12pm on Monday the Seven Creeks at Euroa was sitting at 1.94m.
Watt Rd at Kialla at 12.14pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
Watt Rd, Kialla at 12.14pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
The Seven Creeks Bridge at GV Hwy, Kialla at 1.39pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
Regional Park off the causeway at Shepparton at 4.32pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
The Goulburn River from the bridge on the causeway at Shepparton at 4.36pm on Saturday, July 4.
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Rechelle Zammit
Watt Rd Bridge at Mooroopna was closed on Saturday because of flooding.
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Rechelle Zammit
Raftery Rd at Kialla West remained closed at 11am on Monday, with water from the Seven Creeks over the road.