Kyogle News - Flood recovery notices 2025

Notices in relation to the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred:

Monday, 10 March

Agriculture and Animal Services Hotline

Flood affected landholders on the North Coast requiring assistance with stock or animal-welfare issues, including livestock assessment, veterinary advice, emergency fodder or euthanasia and burial should contact the Agriculture and Animal Services Hotline on 1800 814 647.

Recovery Assistance

Community consultation sessions

In the wake of the floods caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, Council has postponed all the community consultation sessions planned for this week on the review of the Community Strategic Plan.

The community consultation sessions will be rescheduled once Council is able to determine venue and staff availability.

Council has also decided to postpone the Mallanganee Observatory Information Session which was to be held on Wednesday (12 March). It will now be held on Wednesday, 19 March 2025.

Pools re-open

The Bonalbo and Woodenbong pools will re-open to the public today (Monday, 10 March) at the usual times, 2-6pm.

Kyogle Memorial Pool will re-open at 6am tomorrow (Tuesday, 11 March) to allow staff to clean up storm debris and properly adjust the water chemistry.

Waste facilities and operations

Kerbside bin collection services will operate as normal this week, pending any further deterioration in weather conditions.

Householders are asked to put out their red-lid and green-lid bins on the usual day of service.

If you have green waste (leaves, tree branches, palm fronds etc.) on your property as a result of Cyclone Alfred, please place as much of the waste in your green-lid bin as possible. Remember small branches and palm fronds up to 60cm long and 10 cm in diameter can be placed into your green-lid bin.

The Kyogle Landfill Facility and Kyogle Reuse Shed will remain closed until further notice as the facility has sustained damage and flooding as a result of Cyclone Alfred.

The Woodenbong Transfer Station will be open tomorrow (Tuesday, 11 March), however, the access road has sustained moderate damage and people are advised to exercise caution when driving up the road.

Council staff are assessing Bonalbo and Mallanganee transfer stations for damage today. Council will advise whether they will be open on Wednesday and Thursday respectively, once these assessments have been completed.

Council would like to thank the community for their patience as we work through safety issues caused by the Cyclone Alfred weather event.

Kyogle library and mobile library services

Kyogle Library will open as normal today (Monday 10 March) at 2pm.

However, the Mobile Library will not be operating to Bonalbo and Old Bonalbo today. The other Mobile Library scheduled stops for the Kyogle Local Government Area this week will be assessed on a day-by-day basis and advised as required.

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8pm Sunday, 9 March

The community meeting planned for Cawongla tomorrow (Monday, 10 March) as part of the review of Council’s Community Strategic Plan has been postponed to date to be confirmed.

This will allow Council staff to focus on immediate recovery efforts following flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Similarly, the Council meeting set down for tomorrow afternoon has been postponed to Monday, 17 March at 2pm.

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4pm Friday, 7 March

For all information about evacuation centres and where they are located, please go to the SES website by following this link.

4.30pm Thursday, 6 March

Due to the severe weather associated with approaching Tropical Cyclone Alfred, all of Council’s facilities, including the administration centre, will be closed on Friday, 7 March.

While our doors will be closed, we’ll be answering our phones, if possible, and essential work crews will be on call. If you can’t get through on our regular number 6632 1611, call the after-hours number 6626 6800.

In an emergency call 000 For SES assistance call 132 500

Thursday, 6 March

Road closures – We are starting to see the closure of some local roads and low-lying bridges due to the wet weather associated with Tropical Cyclone Alfred. All road and bridge closures are tracked on LiveTraffic NSW – https://www.livetraffic.com/. People are encouraged to minimise all travel during this extreme weather event, but if you do have to be on the road, please check LiveTraffic – https://www.livetraffic.com/ – before you head out. And remember do not cross floodwaters under any circumstances. Remember, if its flooded forget it. Waste collection – Residents who have their bins collected on Fridays are advised to have BOTH bins out by 6am tomorrow (Friday, 7 March). This is to enable the contractor to run two trucks close together so staff can finish work before the worst of the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred arrive.

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Wednesday, 5 March

The Kyogle Evacuation Centre at the Kyogle Memorial Hall will open at midday Wednesday, 5 March. The Kyogle Landfill Facility and Kyogle Reuse Shed will be closed Thursday, 6 March and Friday, 7 March. The Mallanganee Transfer Station also will be closed on Thursday, 6 March. At this stage Thursday and Friday’s kerbside collection services will continue as normal, but Council will advise if this changes. Council will provide an update on Friday, 6 March on whether waste facilities will open on the weekend.

Community meetings which were to be held in Kyogle and Wiangaree on Thursday, 6 March have been postponed. Revised times and dates for the Kyogle meeting on the review of the Community Strategic Plan and the Wiangaree meeting on Council and Landcare’s rehabilitation projects will be advised. Council’s public swimming pools in Kyogle, Bonalbo and Woodenbong will close on Thursday, 6 March until further notice. Kyogle library will also be closed from Thursday, 6 March to Saturday 8 March and there will be no visit to Woodenbong from the Mobile Library on Friday, 7 March.

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