Residents and businesses in Bicheno to Buckland and surrounding areas 📢

Two flood guides covering the Glamorgan Spring Bay area are now available for community input.

🟠 Bicheno to Triabunna and surrounds

🟠 Orford Prosser River surrounds – this draft guide updates and extends the previous flood guide focused only on Orford township

Parts of Orford, Swansea Colebrook, Swanwick can flood after intense rain. Floodwaters can also make the Tasman Highway and other roads impassable, isolating surrounding areas.

These guides provide you with advice on:

🟠 Local flood risks from the Tasmanian strategic flood maps and Glamorgan Spring Bay Council’s Council’s local detailed flood studies.

🟠 How to get ready for emergencies, and be ready for storms and floods.

Flooding can cause widespread and significant damage, and it’s important for all Tasmanians to be aware of any flood risk that might exist where they live, visit, own property, or work. Areas around Orford, Colebrook and some other low-lying areas are prone to flooding. Even if floods don’t affect your property, storms and flood events can mean roads may be cut, and power and internet outages might occur.

Know your risk, get ready, reduce risk where you can, connect with others, stay alert and act safe.

Please email any comments on the draft guides to ses@ses.tas.gov.au .