Floodwaters soak eastern Victorian farmland as Gippsland rivers rise

Bryce Eishold
August 17 2022 - 12:00pm
FLOODED OUT: Ian Baillie, Tyers, says about 60 hectares or 15 per cent of his property in central Gippsland is under water after the Latrobe River flooded this week.
FLOODED OUT: Ian Baillie, Tyers, says about 60 hectares or 15 per cent of his property in central Gippsland is under water after the Latrobe River flooded this week.

Central Gippsland beef grazier Ian Baillie was expecting some kind of flood "around spring" along the Latrobe River, days after he was forced to move 300 cattle to higher ground to avoid a rising river.

Bryce Eishold

Bryce Eishold

Senior Journalist

Bryce is a senior journalist with Australian Community Media's Stock & Land where he reports on all aspects of agriculture. Bryce is also the president of the Rural Press Club of Victoria. Email Bryce at bryce.eishold@stockandland.com.au.

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