More local flood information now online
People in the Lismore region can now access data from two new local flood monitoring sites on the bureau’s website for the first time. The new sites provide situational awareness and take the total number of rainfall and water level gauges in the Wilson River catchment to 31.
By acquiring the Ballina Street Bridge and Rocky Creek Dam monitoring sites the Flood Warning Infrastructure Network (FWIN) program has made valuable local flood information more accessible to communities, emergency services and decision-makers.
In consultation with Lismore City Council, data from both sites is now available online, giving residents easier access to information about local conditions and helping build a more complete picture of flooding across the Northern Rivers.
The FWIN Program makes critical flood data easier to access, use and maintain over the long term. By acquiring locally operated flood sites and bringing them into a nationally supported network, FWIN helps ensure communities have access to trusted information when severe weather threatens.
For communities continuing to recover from the devastating 2022 floods, access to reliable local information remains important. Making this data publicly available provides another valuable source of information to help residents stay informed, make decisions and better understand changing conditions during severe weather.
The Rocky Creek Dam gauge was installed in 2025
Investing in the future
Lismore City Council funded and installed the two new flood gauges in 2025 to enhance real-time flood-data collection and emergency response across the region.
After acquiring the two sites, the bureau worked to make the data available in its systems and on the website. The collaboration demonstrates how local investment and national programs can work together to deliver greater community benefit.
FWIN Program Acting General Manager, Kim Daniels, said improving access to local flood information is a key focus of the program.
“Access to reliable information is an important part of preparing for severe weather. One of the key benefits of the FWIN Program is making valuable local flood data more accessible to the communities that need it.
“By bringing these sites into the bureau’s network and making the data publicly available, we’re helping residents, emergency services and local organisations access
