River passing through a park

Current Flows

A look at the current flow along the river

Quick look at key river heights along the river.

The WaterNSW WaterInsights System Overview of the rivers in the Macquarie and Cudgegong basin provides a great wholistic view of the system. Also refer to the Basin Map & Gauges page for a national holistic view of the river system and incoming flows from other tributaries.

Level status is determined either from known flows before falling back to estimated flows from the BoM recorded height.

Note that these graphs show the actual reported heights from the various water agencies. You can toggle the Reported and Adjusted heights to get a smoother graph of the flows. The adjusted height is adjusted so that zero represents the level when the river usually stops flowing (if known).

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WaterNSW System Overview

Some key river heights along the river.

Many sites lack flood height information. If the height is significantly higher than a good flow height, assume it is flooded

Level Key

No Flow
Level is at or below the known or estimated cease to flow level.
Poor Flow
Level is likely too low to paddle. Usually estimated as two cubic meters per second, (2 Cumecs, 173 ML/day or 0.8 CFS).
Low Flow
Level is likely ok to paddle but with some difficulty. Defaults level is based on two to ten cubic meters per second, (2 - 10 Cumecs, 173 - 864 ML/day, or 0.8 - 4 CFS).
Good Flow
This level is generally a great flow on larger rivers, but could be dangerous in small streams. Defaults level is above ten cubic meters per second, (10 Cumecs, 864 ML/day, or 4 CFS). These may include flood levels if these are unknown.
Minor Flood ⚠
Low-lying areas next to water courses are inundated. Minor roads may be closed and low-level bridges submerged.
Moderate Flood ⚠
The area of inundation is more substantial. Some buildings and main traffic routes may be affected.
Major Flood ⚠
Extensive inundated. Properties and towns are likely to be isolated and major rail and traffic routes closed. Evacuation orders may be in place and the river closed to boating.
Indeterminate Flow
Not enough information is avaiable to classify the flow.
Used to indicate there is an observation but the flow could not be estimated.
Salinity
These have been given a colour coding from Good, Fair, Poor, and Unpalatable.

Additional Links

For road open/closed information, see the Live Traffic NSW website.

Data ©State of New South Wales; Bureau of Meteorology, Commonwealth of Australia