Goulburn’s main street under water in new era of flood planning

Goulburn’s main street under water in new era of flood planning

Goulburn’s Lower Sterne Street on 9 August, 2020. More than 83 mm of rain fell that day. Photo: Leon Oberg. Hard as it is to imagine Goulburn’s main street under two metres of floodwater, recent flooding on Australia’s eastern coastline and inland has reminded planners and government agencies to never say never. A civil engineer in Goulburn with surveyors and planners Premise, Paul Johnson, has seen a different mindset emerge about flooding beca…