Parts of the Bellarine Peninsula remain under a ‘watch and act’ direction from the SES as the Barwon, Moorabool and Leigh Rivers continue to flood.
Barwon Heads, and parts of Ocean Grove, Wallington and Curlewis are all included in the flood warning.
The City of Greater Geelong’s customer service centre in Ocean Grove sustained flood damage and will be closed for all of next week.
The Barwon River sat at 3.86 metres at 12.30pm today according to VicEmergency and had receded to 3.83 metres by 3pm.
The Barwon at Geelong is expected to remain above the moderate flood level of 3.10 metres for the remainder of today and into Sunday.
A number of roads remain closed including parts of Horseshoe Bend Rd, Armstrong Creek and Knights Rd, Mannerim. Check traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au for more information.
More than 50mm of rain was recorded at Breakwater weather station from Wednesday to Thursday evening.
Private weather gauges reported falls of up to 85mm on the northern Bellarine.
Halfway through the month Geelong has recorded 81.2mm of rain compared to a historical average of 40.9mm for all of October.
