Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, which connects Tarwin Lower and Venus Bay to Inverloch, has been closed since Tuesday. Another cold front is expected to bring further heavy falls in the region early next week
Residents of Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower in Victoria's east have had their major access road cut by floodwaters.A local supermarket manager is having to travel more than an hour to pick up suppliesInverloch-Venus Bay Road, which connects the small towns to Inverloch, has been closed since flooding began on Tuesday
"Our danger point is when there's a lot of water coming down from the Strezlecki [Ranges] and coming down the Tarwin River if it's meeting high tide ... that's when it'll push over the banks," Ms Gilligan said.Walkerville Road is the only way in or out of the towns. "I just really encourage everybody to rethink your plans, lower your expectations and don't drive if you can avoid it,” she said.Tarwin Lower IGA manager Luke Keily told ABC Breakfast radio it had been challenging trying to get deliveries in with the current road conditions.
"We are getting low of a few things I know milk we're getting pretty low of so I'm hoping to get that tomorrow but we're still all right,” Mr Keily said.Meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology Phoebe de Wilt said rain would increase throughout the day today.
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