Newsclipping, Reid Sexton, Wild day's trail of destruction, The Age, Tuesday, December 27, pp4-5, 2011

Historical information

A late afternoon storm on Christmas Day 2011. A flash flood occurred from significant rain fall and hail, which accumulated along an old waterway with floodwater submerging cars along Valonia Drive then down Grove Street flooding houses, through the Bible Street Reserve where it then submerged Main Road washing away the small railway trestle bridge opposite the reserve then flooding the Judge Book Village before finally entering the Diamond Creek. Widespread damage occured from hail and flash flooding.

Physical description

Digital file - scanned from newsclipping on loan

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