Being three in 56 and my parents had a shack just south of the Blanchetown bridge in 74 after which my father relocated their shack. I leant to swim in the Murray river, as my father had a working holiday for years, as he use to relieve the Ferryman at Walker's Flat. As a kid I loved my holidays on the Murray river.
1956 is very much river lore. Wentworth holds a Ferguson rally every 5 years. The 50th anniversary rally was especially large; I was there. In Fotherby Park, a Fergie is mounted on a pole, at the height reached by the flood, as a memorial.
I never forget seeing the flood marker on a tree at Echuca, you have look up and up to see it. Well above all the other flood heights. I didn't know about the 1931 flood. I know the 1893 flood of Brisbane was the heighest there. Something we have to live with.
The flooding we currently have at the moment here in Mildura won’t get this bad (hopefully) but it’s definitely getting higher every day. We won’t have a riverfront much longer :(
Since then we have had 1973,1974,1975, 1993 and now 2022. Floods are not that rare. Mooroopna's power went out by going under water. And pumps did fail. Drains did flow in reverse. The pump to the sewage plant did fail. How nothing ever changes.
This just popped up on my feed. Perhaps Adam Bandt and greens should learn their history and know that floods are a common occurrence in Australia instead of blaming the manmade grobble warming scam.
The problem is building nuclear and toxic waste in the first place. Notice which areas they protected first. This was to try to prevent the waste entering the waters. Also Rotary used working train lines to move sand instead of people and food. Hindsight is everything They already knew So you can’t blame the Government now unless they repeat the same mistakes Best to focus on saving the future We have not got time for fingerpionting
Yep, floods have been happening forever. The worst flood recorded in Echuca was 96.20 metres in 1870. Unfortunately, human habitat on flood plains ( and coastal) is the real problem.. Your comment however, appears to have a big gap, missing important information. You’ve omitted to acknowledge ‘frequency of floods’ which is a key factor, the evidence that today’s extreme flooding is correlated to warming oceans.. as per climate science…….
Your comment misses the fact that only three years ago (2019) Daniel Andrews ruled out building any dams because climate change meant they wouldn’t fill. As per the informed climate science though that has now changed. Before that Flannery said dams wouldn’t fill, a couple of years later they did. The climate science is always predictive if you listen long enough it predicts everything with hindsight.
Why did the locals go to all the effort to save their towns when all they had to do was sit back and blame the government like they did/do in Lismore ,in a town that floods continuously as it’s extremely low lying. Why are all the expensive homes and hospital situated on Lismore heights for some reason?
grey fergie always rememeber that on our uncles farm in vic all long gone now the farm was left to a granson & not shared among us kids he sold it all to a sub dividers he lost all of $ on the sharemarket handed it the mils over to a guy he knew nothing about shares the dumbass sold our 1870s hertige farm all gone within 1 year of sale , greed never wins
Interesting to get a bit of a historical perspective on the current Murray flooding of 2022-23. Not a good idea to implicitly editorialise by liking comments from dimwits who think this video has a bearing on contemporary climate science though.
Yeah, it’s all the baby boomers doing. God damn breeding war generation should have been working on fixing the plumbing Instead of cleaning their baby maker pipes.
What a ripper flash back of some of our Australian History. Enjoyed every bit of it, thank you! Shared 👏😎♥️🇦🇺🕊️
I was script writer for this DVD with a wonderful production company Apricot Film & Video, Di and Graham.
i had to upload this for my dad, he kept lending out his dvd copies and wouldn't get them back.
That's great Wayne, it lets more people see the amazing floods of 1956. I believe the DVD's are no longer available. Thanks, Mike
@mikeO’Reilly beautifully written
Being three in 56 and my parents had a shack just south of the Blanchetown bridge in 74 after which my father relocated their shack. I leant to swim in the Murray river, as my father had a working holiday for years, as he use to relieve the Ferryman at Walker's Flat. As a kid I loved my holidays on the Murray river.
The little grey Massey Ferguson " ........... and go for ever our neighbor is still using his today 2021 .
Thanks for sharing Wayne. Great doco
Still got a grey fergie still runs like a dream
I was 10 years old in 1956 and I remember we had lots of rain that year.
And they still keep building on low lands. Note the red cliffs early in the video, formed by river flow.......
Looks like that history is about to repeat itself , Oct 2022.
Better buy an electric car 😂
1956 is very much river lore. Wentworth holds a Ferguson rally every 5 years. The 50th anniversary rally was especially large; I was there.
In Fotherby Park, a Fergie is mounted on a pole, at the height reached by the flood, as a memorial.
OMG just showed up in my feed Loved it 👍
just south of swan hill are expecting levels like the 1956 floods in about a weeks time
thanks i realy enjoyed this video
My father was visiting at the time.
I never forget seeing the flood marker on a tree at Echuca, you have look up and up to see it. Well above all the other flood heights. I didn't know about the 1931 flood. I know the 1893 flood of Brisbane was the heighest there. Something we have to live with.
The flooding we currently have at the moment here in Mildura won’t get this bad (hopefully) but it’s definitely getting higher every day. We won’t have a riverfront much longer :(
Hi Emily, we’re down stream in Mannum SA. They’re telling us the worst is yet to come. Best of luck to you. Stay safe. 🙏
10:05 WOW good job fellas!!
Wow. Great early footage. Cheers.
Was this ever turned into a movie by any chance??
And 1870 was even higher................Not much man made climate change in them days.....
Haha, wow Mr Miller, He was teaching when I was at school, and my mother back in the day too!
this was a video my dad brought back from Mildura, where he grew up.
I forgot to add this is tremendous footage of historical value. There was even a rare white Roo and no it was not a giant rabbit.
Since then we have had 1973,1974,1975, 1993 and now 2022. Floods are not that rare. Mooroopna's power went out by going under water. And pumps did fail. Drains did flow in reverse. The pump to the sewage plant did fail. How nothing ever changes.
They ain't rare but nearly 30 years since the last one is rare.
@@kindbluey what about the flooding 2010/2011 Murray river flooded Murrabit & surrounding areas,
Holy shit i just got this on my recommended. It's flooding heaps in mildura at the moment
It’s gotten over 60k in views in the last 3 weeks.
12:09 That Albino Kangaroo though, wow
Hi Wayne
Are you Related to Bob & Nellie Pollock?
I’ll ask dad when he gets back from over seas next week.
Every " catastrophic " weather event is the worst SINCE ! It's happened before we just don't learn quick enough ! And the greens have too much say. 😎👍
This just popped up on my feed. Perhaps Adam Bandt and greens should learn their history and know that floods are a common occurrence in Australia instead of blaming the manmade grobble warming scam.
The problem is building nuclear and toxic waste in the first place. Notice which areas they protected first. This was to try to prevent the waste entering the waters.
Also Rotary used working train lines to move sand instead of people and food.
Hindsight is everything
They already knew
So you can’t blame the Government now unless they repeat the same mistakes
Best to focus on saving the future
We have not got time for fingerpionting
Perhaps you should do some research
Tell us you’re dumb as f**k without saying you’re dumb as f**k
Yep, floods have been happening forever. The worst flood recorded in Echuca was 96.20 metres in 1870. Unfortunately, human habitat on flood plains ( and coastal) is the real problem.. Your comment however, appears to have a big gap, missing important information. You’ve omitted to acknowledge ‘frequency of floods’ which is a key factor, the evidence that today’s extreme flooding is correlated to warming oceans.. as per climate science…….
Your comment misses the fact that only three years ago (2019) Daniel Andrews ruled out building any dams because climate change meant they wouldn’t fill. As per the informed climate science though that has now changed. Before that Flannery said dams wouldn’t fill, a couple of years later they did. The climate science is always predictive if you listen long enough it predicts everything with hindsight.
Why did the locals go to all the effort to save their towns when all they had to do was sit back and blame the government like they did/do in Lismore ,in a town that floods continuously as it’s extremely low lying. Why are all the expensive homes and hospital situated on Lismore heights for some reason?
Most Government owned buildings are built on hills away from flooding. The general public come second!
Cash grab, they develop on flood prone land for cash I reckon
oh my:)
grey fergie always rememeber that on our uncles farm in vic
all long gone now the farm was left to a granson & not shared among us kids
he sold it all to a sub dividers he lost all of $ on the sharemarket
handed it the mils over to a guy he knew nothing about shares the dumbass sold our 1870s hertige farm all gone within 1 year of sale , greed never wins
Interesting to get a bit of a historical perspective on the current Murray flooding of 2022-23. Not a good idea to implicitly editorialise by liking comments from dimwits who think this video has a bearing on contemporary climate science though.
classic
love it memories of Sunraysia
If we can use the water I can imagine the rich of Australia.
The little grey Fergie workhorse
Before climate change was invoked to blame on all natural disasters.
Yes but the difference now is we are getting back to back floods.
Oh they had climate change back then as well😮
Is this global warming?
Yeah, it’s all the baby boomers doing. God damn breeding war generation should have been working on fixing the plumbing Instead of cleaning their baby maker pipes.
@@One21Jiggawatts what drug are you on? If it was not for baby boomers YOU would not be here .
@@John-ri4uy LOL. I thought you’d take it as a joke.
@@One21Jiggawatts read it wrong apologies.
@@John-ri4uy I thought the war generation cleaning their pipes instead of fixing the plumbing would get a laugh.