One day it was pouring rain and the next the sun emerged to help dry out the drenching.
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Friday and Saturday posed plenty of challenges for Goulburn and district's emergency services.
Police and fire authorities assisted the SES as more than 60mm of rain fell from 5pm Friday.
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Inspector Matt Hinton said Police Rescue were called to Windellama Road, near the Bullamalita Road junction at 9.20pm Friday after two vehicles had become stuck on a flooded causeway.
A man who had been driving a Toyota Camry was able to walk free from his vehicle, as were three British backpackers, driving a campervan. They walked to police rescue officers "in knee-deep water."
"Police were (also) very busy with road closures and assisting residents and the SES with water inundation in yards, garages and houses," Inspector Hinton said.
"It was a great effort by the SES to clean up a lot of the jobs within 24 hours."
Water rose quickly in some Goulburn streets, particularly in the city's south, catching motorists out.
SES crews attended 75 call-outs across the 24 hours, Argyle cluster commander Robert Bell told The Post on Saturday. Many of these were for water inundation in homes but there were also several flood rescues.
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Meantime, Southern Tablelands RFS attended nine jobs across Friday and the weekend.
Operational officer Mitchell Butler said one crew helped a Bunnaby Street, Taralga resident contain run-off from their home after heavy rainfall at 8.40pm Friday.
On Saturday, firefighters were called to a car crash on the Hume Highway at Cullerin at about 2pm. At 2.30pm seven crews attended a grass fire at a Wayo property, off the Crookwell Road.
Mr Butler said the fire, caused by a lightning strike, only burnt less than one hectare. Earlier, a RFS spokesman said the wet ground posed some access challenges.
Then at 4.30pm, firefighters quickly contained a pile burn at Quialigo.
The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a high chance of showers and a thunderstorm for Tuesday afternoon or evening. More rain is expected on Friday and Saturday but falls will be less than 15mm on each day.
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Louise Thrower
If you have a story to tell, drop me a line at louise.thrower@austcommunitymedia.com.au or call 0418 229 678.
If you have a story to tell, drop me a line at louise.thrower@austcommunitymedia.com.au or call 0418 229 678.
