Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Lightning Ridge is a town without a river, but this area just to the north floods REGULARLY.

I spoke with Barbara Moritz from the Lightning Ridge Historical Society about Weetalibah Crossing, a causeway where a natural flood course intersects the Castlereagh Highway. The Historical Society has in its collection a steel boat that dates to around 1923, found high and dry in a field, no doubt a remnant of a flood in the area a century ago.

There will be a follow-up to this video in future, as Weetalibah has a few more interesting stories for us to tell!

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ALSO: My pronunciation of Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaaray is very much open to criticism. My research has turned up a few different pronunciations, and local speakers have differing opinions. Leave your thoughts in the comments, please. It's important to me to get these things as correct as possible, so any feedback will be taken on board for next time.

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