Riverine flooding information for communities and properties on the lower Meander and South Esk Rivers

Version 1.0 January 2026

To see the maps in more detail, lihat Peta Banjir Strategik Tasmania.

If the South Esk River or the Meander River have a major flood, people who live in

• Hadspen
• Blackstone Heights
• Travellers Rest, or
• surrounding areas

may experience flooded roads, driveways, parks and fields.

Livestock kept near the river may be at risk and farm infrastructure like pumps and tractors should be moved to safety. People who live on the river should relocate any equipment, boats or pontoons that can be moved.

In Hadspen, there are some properties that could flood in the south of town, near where the Meander and the South Esk meet. The Lions Club Reserve will likely flood, along with the boat ramp and playground. Houses and roads near Beams Hollow may also flood. The stormwater systems in this part of Hadspen have been known to back up.

In Blackstone Heights, Blackstone Park will likely flood. Very heavy rain could cause landslips along the river, possibly affecting houses. There may also be flooding on the main access roads, Panorama Rd and Blackstone Rd, causing temporary isolation. It is possible that Meander Valley Rd could flood, isolating Travellers Rest.

Intense rainfall can cause flash flooding or overland flow. This kind of flooding is hard to predict and depends on where the rain falls.

The maps in this guide show the level of flooding that has a 1% chance of happening any year, known as the annual exceedance probability (AEP). You are likely to experience flooding such as that shown in the maps in your lifetime. Tasmanians need to prepare for flood events that may not happen often as well as the minor flooding they may have experienced.

Even if your home is not inundated, you should be prepared for isolation plus potential power and telecommunications outages.

Roads that could be flooded include:

• Meander Valley Rd
• Westwood Rd, at the bridge
• Blackstone Rd
• Panorama Rd

Depending on where the rain falls and how heavy it is, minor roads and driveways throughout this area may also be impassable. Travel in the area is likely to be difficult or impossible until roads are clear. 

If you are safe at home or elsewhere, it is usually best you stay where you are until the flooding subsides, unless there is an emergency. If you need to evacuate, you should leave early, before flood waters rise.

Listen to ABC local radio 91.7FM for warnings and advice or check TasALERT.com.

To see the maps in detail, lihat Peta Banjir Strategik Tasmania on the SES website.

Adakah anda berisiko banjir?

This area has seen large floods in recent years, including 2022 and 2016. Roads, bridges and houses flooded.

Apa yang patut saya buat?

• Check the map to see whether your home or business could flood.
• Nilai rumah atau perniagaan anda dan bersiap sedia untuk meminimumkan kemungkinan kerosakan banjir.
• Periksa sama ada anda dapat sampai ke rumah, tempat kerja atau sekolah dengan selamat semasa banjir.
• Prepare a Home Emergency Plan. Consider if you need to evacuate before a flood. See Bersedia untuk Kecemasan – Panduan untuk individu dan isi rumah bersiap sedia menghadapi kecemasan.
• If you are a primary producer, the Farm Flood Readiness Kit provides advice on preparing for a flood to help protect your business and stock.
• If you may be isolated and you must have access to services, you may need to evacuate early.
• Jika anda berkhemah di kawasan yang mudah dinaiki banjir, pastikan anda sentiasa mendapatkan maklumat dan berpindah ke tempat yang lebih tinggi awal jika banjir berkemungkinan berlaku.

No two floods are the same. Floods like the one shown in the map or worse will occur again.

If you live in a low-lying area you may be at risk of flooding. Even if your home is safe, you may need to detour around flooded areas. Never drive through or enter flood waters.

Knowing what to do can save your life and help protect your property. Preparing a Home Emergency Plan is one of the best ways to prepare.

Include weather and rainfall triggers for action in your Home Emergency Plan.

Bureau of Meteorology Forecasts, Warnings, and Observations

The Bureau issues a Flood Warning, Severe Weather Warning and/or Thunderstorm Warning for heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding whenever heavy rain is expected in an area. The time between the warning andheavy rain occurring can vary from an hour to 24 hours or more.

Whenever rain that may lead to flooding along the Jordan River is expected, the Bureau will issue:

• A Flood Watch – a “heads up” early advice of forecast weather that may lead to flooding
• A Flood Warning – giving a prediction of when flooding is likely to develop at gauge locations and possibly forecasting the likely peak river level.  Warnings are updated regularly.

SES and the Bureau will issue warnings when the Jordan River reaches the following levels.

Whenever rain that may lead to flooding along the Huon River is expected, the Bureau will issue warnings when the river reaches specific heights.

South Esk River

River gauges	Alert	Risih	Moderate	Major
Fingal	2.7m	4.0m	5.0m	7.0m
Llewellyn	2.7m	4.0m	5.0m	8.5m
Perth		4.3m	7.2m	8.9m
Longford		3.5m	5.9m	7.0m
Trevallyn Pond Height AHD)		128.2m	129.9m	130.9m
Trevallyn Pond (Flow in Cumecs)		420cu	1400cu	2250cu

Meander River

Whenever rain that may lead to flooding along the Huon River is expected, the Bureau will issue warnings when the river reaches specific heights.

River gauges	Alert	Risih	Moderate	Major
Meander	1.8m	2.0m	3.0m	3.5m
Deloraine Bridge		2.0m	2.5m	3.0m
Strathbridge		5.0m	6.5m	7.0m
Westwood Bridge		4.0m	6.0m	7.0m

Rainfall Observations at Meander, Deloraine, Launceston, Westwood Bridge and other rain gauges in the upper South Esk River can indicate possible flood risks to Hadspen and surrounds. Given the short warning times, it is best to act on the predictive BoM warnings rather than wait for any flood alerts during rainfall.

The NW Tasmania (West Takone) Radar is useful to be aware in real-time where heavy rainfall is falling.  Radar Rainfall estimates can also fill in gaps in areas where there are no rainfall stations.

Fahami amaran dan maklumat penting

Sentiasa peka dengan apa yang berlaku di sekeliling anda. Periksa ramalan, pemerhatian dan amaran dengan kerap.

• TasALERT.com
• stesen radio ABC tempatan anda atau
• yang Biro Meteorologi laman web.

	Nasihat (Kuning) Satu insiden telah berlaku. Tiada bahaya segera. Nantikan perkembangan sekiranya keadaan berubah.
	Tonton dan Bertindak (Oren): Terdapat peningkatan tahap ancaman. Keadaan sedang berubah dan anda perlu mula mengambil tindakan sekarang untuk melindungi diri anda dan keluarga anda
	Amaran Kecemasan (Merah): Amaran Kecemasan adalah tahap amaran tertinggi. Anda mungkin dalam bahaya dan perlu mengambil tindakan segera. Sebarang kelewatan kini meletakkan nyawa anda dalam risiko.
	Kemas kini komuniti (Biru): Maklumat dan kemas kini khusus untuk komuniti yang terjejas mengenai peristiwa atau insiden tertentu.
	Insiden (Putih) an incident is the initial occurrence of an event before it becomes an emergency warning. As soon as an incident is reported, TasALERT publishes basic information including the type and location of incident.

For more information see www.ses.tas.gov.au/warnings/ .

Flood levels

While no two floods are the same, the following describes what you can expect at different flood levels around the area. Even if your property is not flooded, you need to think about access. Different levels of rainfall can cause flooding depending on its intensity, duration and how wet the ground is beforehand and where the rain falls.

Banjir kilat

A minor flood can inundate parks, riverside areas, low lying paddocks and some yards.  Stock should be moved for their safety. There may also be flooding across some minor roads.

Banjir sederhana

There is more extensive flooding of agricultural land and some buildings may be impacted to above floor height. Bridges may become flooded and some properties may be isolated for a few hours as minor roads are closed. Properties and businesses in the south of Hadspen may be at risk.

Banjir besar

If there is major flooding along the South Esk River there may be flooding in low-lying areas close to the river.

A major flood on the South Esk River means the river height is approaching 7m at Longford. If the major flood is occurring in the Meander, the river height will be 7m at Westwood Bridge.

Depending on where heavy rain falls there may also be flash flooding in the urban areas of Hadspen and Blackstone Heights. This kind of flooding is more difficult to predict and can depend on the stormwater system.

Major flooding could be caused by 30mm in one hour, or 100mm over 24 hours in Hadspen, for example.

Ketahui risiko anda, bersiap sedia, kurangkan risiko di mana boleh, berhubung dengan orang lain, sentiasa berwaspada dan bertindak selamat.

Sebelum banjir

Ketahui risiko anda

Banjir sering berlaku di Tasmania dan boleh menyebabkan kerosakan yang meluas dan ketara. Dalam tempoh 200 tahun kebelakangan ini, terdapat 78 kematian berkaitan banjir di Tasmania. Panduan ini adalah untuk membantu anda memahami risiko banjir di kawasan anda.

2. Sediakan rumah anda

Miliki pelan kecemasan yang meliputi taufan dan banjir

Berfikir tentang apa yang akan anda lakukan semasa ribut atau banjir bermakna anda lebih bersedia dan semua orang lebih selamat. Miliki pelan kecemasan yang difahami oleh semua orang dalam isi rumah anda. Terdapat senarai semak untuk membantu anda memikirkan pelan anda – lihat Bersedia untuk Kecemasan – Panduan untuk individu dan isi rumah bersiap sedia menghadapi kecemasan. 
Periksa pelan anda dengan kerap dan uji ia dengan setiap ahli isi rumah memikirkan senario banjir yang mungkin menjejaskan isi rumah anda.

Sediakan Kit Kecemasan

Uji bateri dalam radio dan lampu suluh secara berkala.

3. Reduce your risk from flooding where you can

• Pertimbangkan tentang ribut, banjir dan bahaya lain semasa membeli, menyelenggara atau membangunkan hartanah.
• Potong atau alih pokok dan dahan yang menjulur ke atas rumah, perniagaan anda atau berdekatan talian elektrik di kawasan anda.
• Pastikan saluran air dan perparitan anda bersih.

4. Connect with others

Kenali jiran anda dan libatkan diri dalam komuniti anda. Komuniti yang saling berhubung adalah komuniti yang lebih selamat dan lebih berdaya tahan semasa kecemasan dan dapat membantu semua orang pulih dengan lebih baik selepas itu. Periksa sama ada keluarga dan jiran selamat dan sedar tentang apa yang berlaku.

Semasa

5. Sentiasa terkini

Sentiasa peka dengan apa yang berlaku di sekeliling anda. Periksa ramalan, pemerhatian dan amaran dengan kerap. 

• TasALERT.com
• stesen radio ABC tempatan anda atau
• yang Biro Meteorologi laman web.

6. Bertindak Selamat

• Mengawasi kanak-kanak.
• Bersiap sedia untuk kemungkinan gangguan bekalan elektrik, air atau internet.
• Pastikan peti kecemasan anda bersedia untuk digunakan.
• Jauhi kawasan yang dinaiki air seperti longkang. JANGAN SESEKALI berjalan, bermain, menunggang atau memandu dalam air banjir. Anda tidak selalu dapat melihat apa yang ada di bawah air atau betapa dalamnya atau derasnya air itu. Sangat mudah untuk dihanyutkan dan lemas dalam air yang bergerak pantas sedalam 20sm. Air banjir boleh berbahaya.

Bila rumah anda mungkin dinaiki air

• Letakkan barangan isi rumah di tempat yang tinggi untuk meminimumkan kerosakan yang mungkin berlaku.
• Padamkan bekalan elektrik dan gas jika selamat untuk berbuat demikian. 
• Cara yang baik untuk menghentikan aliran kumbahan masuk semula ke rumah anda ialah dengan meletakkan beg pasir di dalam beg plastik dan menggunakannya untuk menyumbat tandas serta menutup longkang dan singki.
• Pergi selagi anda boleh keluar dengan selamat.

Jika anda perlu berpindah

• Ikuti nasihat dari SES / Polis Tasmania.  
• Ambil kit kecemasan anda. 
• Pergi ke tempat rakan atau keluarga yang lebih selamat atau pusat pemindahan. 
• Beritahu orang lain ke mana anda telah pergi.

Jaga haiwan peliharaan anda

Anda bertanggungjawab terhadap haiwan anda semasa kecemasan. Sekiranya anda mempunyai haiwan peliharaan dan haiwan lain, anda akan mengambil masa lebih lama untuk berpindah sekiranya berlaku banjir atau kecemasan lain. Pindahkan ternakan dari kawasan yang terdedah kepada banjir **jauh sebelum** paras air banjir mungkin naik. Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila lihat

• Panduan RSPCA untuk persediaan haiwan dalam kecemasan
• yang Primary producer farm flood readiness toolkit.

Avoid travelling during storms and after storms

• Jangan melancong. Pelancong melambatkan perkhidmatan kecemasan dan menyebabkan kemalangan.
• Berhati-hatilah terhadap bahaya seperti
  • air di atas jalan
  • talian elektrik rosak
  • tanah runtuh
  • jalan rosak
  • pokok tumbang atau bumbung besi.
• Jangan memandu melalui air banjir. Kebanyakan kematian dan penyelamatan dalam banjir disebabkan oleh orang yang memandu melalui air banjir.
• Pandu perlahan dan pasang lampu hadapan anda di jalan yang tidak dinaiki banjir.

Selepas

• Terus ikuti perkembangan terkini dari ABC Local Radio, pembukaan semula jalan, mesyuarat komuniti, dll.
• Jika anda meninggalkan rumah anda, jangan pulang ke rumah sehingga SES atau Polis Tasmania memberitahu anda selamat untuk berbuat demikian.
• Berhati-hatilah terhadap bahaya jalan raya, seperti lumpur atau serpihan di jalan, jalan/jambatan yang rosak dan kru yang sedang bekerja membersihkan dan membaiki.

Jika rumah anda rosak

• Tinggal di aras tanah semasa memeriksa kerosakan. Berhati-hatilah dengan pokok tumbang, kaca pecah, bumbung yang longgar atau bahaya lain.
• Pakai but kuat, sarung tangan dan pakaian pelindung. 
• Gunakan lampu suluh, jangan gunakan mancis atau lilin di dalam bangunan yang dinaiki banjir. 
• Rebus semua air minuman sehingga anda diberitahu air paip selamat semula.
• Jangan hidupkan bekalan elektrik atau gas sehingga ia diuji oleh juruelektrik atau pemasang gas bertauliah bagi memastikan keselamatan.
• Jika rumah anda rosak dan anda perlu menginap di tempat lain, bawa bersama kit kecemasan dan haiwan peliharaan anda
• Ambil gambar kerosakan jika selamat untuk anda berbuat demikian dan hubungi syarikat insurans anda.
• Mengawasi kanak-kanak.
• Periksa jiran dalam keadaan baik.

Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila layari www.ses.tas.gov.au .

Kekal dimaklumkan dan maklumat lanjut

Current warnings (TasALERT)                 TasALERT.com

Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)                   bom.gov.au/tas/warnings

Emergency Broadcasters                           ABC 91.7FM

TASSES Social Media                                facebook.com/sestasmania

Preparing for Flood Emergencies             ses.tas.gov.au/ flood-plan/            

Meander Valley Council                             meander.tas.gov.au             6393 5300

National Relay Service (NRS)                   relayservice.gov.au