Flood update
Published on 17 October 2022
Get the latest news on the flood news and water activity and service updates throughout the municipality
What a huge few days it’s been for residents and teams as we all respond to flood waters.
We want to thank everyone for the kindness we’ve seen across the community, helping each-other where you are able, and being understanding and patient with our teams.
We are all thinking of the other areas across Victoria that are heavily affected. While we are lucky in Darebin, we are still seeing flood water and water damage in some areas.
Our priority is your safety, so our teams have been working around the clock from Thursday 13 October to today to respond to:
- 160 requests for assistance and to report issues
- After prioritising the most urgent cases, we’ve resolved the 60 most urgent.
- Our teams continue to assess and respond to the remaining calls.
- Meanwhile, staff are monitoring creek levels and known hotspots for any risk.
- They have been clearing paths and debris from the creek lines, and reporting areas that need repair.
- We know that many garden beds have been stripped of mulch and granitic paths have been washed away
Affected facilities and services
| Facility or service |
Notes |
| Darebin Council services |
All services are open |
| Darebin Resource Recovery Centre (tip) |
Please call us to ensure what you're dropping off is able to be taken: (03) 8470 8777
Darebin Resource Recovery Centre is partially open. We are unable to accept the following:
- Greenwaste
- Timber
- Heavy Inert / excavated material (soil, concrete, bricks, rubble)
- This includes no access for trucks or tipper trucks / big trailer loads.
We can only accept carloads or ute loads of rubbish / recycling products which have to be hand unloaded.
Please call us to ensure what you're dropping off is able to be taken: (03) 8470 8777 |
| Northcote Golf Course |
Please call ahead to confirm the course is open: (03) 9484 6961 |
Affected areas
We’re preparing for any further flood waters later this week with weather predicted to turn again.
Fortunately, water levels are dropping in most areas at the moment. But we have supplies, staff and communications on standby if things change.
Key locations
We’ve been keeping a close eye on have been the following areas:
| Location |
Notes |
| Muriel Court, Reservoir |
|
| Merri Creek |
The lower bridges in the south of Darebin (Merri Creek) are still submerged and impassable
Brex Bridge in the north is also impassable
All other bridges are safe and accessible |
| Shared trails |
Large sections of shared trails are still underwater. Water in low lying sections will take some time to recede. |
| Northcote Golf Course |
Closed due to the flood waters, but water has receded and the greens are in reasonable condition.
We are waiting for a more improvement before the site is open again. |
If it's flooded, forget it
We are urging residents and visitors to please stay out of any flooded paths and listen to the warning signs in place. It’s a huge challenge for our staff seeing people moving through dangerous water.
Please listen to the advice we’re hearing from the State Emergency Services: If it’s flooded, forget it.
The clean up will take a number of weeks and we appreciate people’s patience as we undertake works.
Report an issue
Contact our Customer Service team on 03 8470 8889 to report:
- Blocked drains
- Flooded streets or roads
- Fallen trees or branches on council property.
Contact The Victorian Sate Emergency Service (SES) for:
- Fallen trees have causing structural damage to buildings or vehicles
- Significant leaking in your roof
- A tree or large branch has fallen and is preventing you from entering or leaving your home
- Your property flooding or is about to flood.
Contact your electrical supplier if your power is impacted.