Avoca River

The Avoca River drains a large area of western and central Victoria, Australia. It is 270 kilometres from its beginnings near Amphitheatre to Lake Bael Bael.^[1] It flows through several towns including Avoca, Bealiba, Charlton and Culgoa. It is not a deep river, most of it is less than 2m, but there are some deeper pools near Logan.^[1] There are 13 creeks which flow into the Avoca River.^[2] The river carries varying amounts of water, and in summer can stop flowing for several months.^[3] At other times it can flood. In January 2010 the river flooded and covered about 80% of the town of Charlton.^[4] The roads into the town were cut and emergency food supplies had to be brought in by helicopter.^[5] The town of Culgoa was also flooded.^[6]

Avoca River at Avoca, Victoria