Heavy rainfall to the south and east of the Bogan Shire last week has resulted in increased river heights on the Bogan and Macquarie which is currently causing moderate flooding across the region.

The Bogan River expected to peak in Nyngan on Thursday at a height slightly higher (4.10 metres) than the moderate flood level recorded earlier this year which resulted in low lying areas around the river and the Nyngan Golf Course to be inundated.

The rise is the result of heavy rain to the south last week which caused heavy flooding around Tullamore and district.

The river rise is not posing a risk to the residential area inside the Nyngan flood levee bank but will likely inundate Rotary Park and the lower weir precinct.

The approaching river rise sent Angie and Mike Armstrong into action on the weekend, preparing their accommodation and function facilities at Callubri Station 60 km south of Nyngan for the expected flooding.

Mrs Armstrong said the water was beginning to seep over the banks of the Bogan on Sunday as they were pulling up newly laid carpet in a guest cottage and raising the furniture onto bricks to keep it above the expected water level.

The Armstrongs were also moving their horses to higher ground in readiness, and also using the tractor to relocate whatever else they could.

Ever positive, Mrs Armstrong managed to find her sense of humour sharing a photograph of her new beeswax candle with a large mouse bite out of the top before she packed it away.

“I was not sure whether to laugh or cry.”

“After four years of drought and dust storms, a mouse plague, a pandemic and now flooding surely 2023 will be a cracker!”.

Carpets and furniture stacked up in a guest cottage at "Callubri Station" 60km south of Nyngan

Several Council roads have been closed due to being inundated with floodwater including Merryanbone, Moonagee, West Bogan, Dandaloo, Peisley and Pangee Roads.

Bogan Shire Council Director of Engineering and member of the Local Emergency Management Committee, Graeme Bourke said there will be more roads with floodwater over them as the peak comes through this week.

The Pangee Creek in the south west of the Shire was running and had resulted in the closure of Pangee Road which would inconvenience traffic travelling southwest.

Meanwhile in the northern and eastern parts of the Bogan Shire, floodwater from the Macquarie River combined with controlled dam releases from Burrendong Dam to reduce levels, had made its way down tributaries from Warren including the Gunningbar, Duck and Belaringar Creeks inundating floodplain country and cutting road access.

In the north west of the Shire where the Macquarie tributaries meet the Bogan landholder Bruce Yabsley “Murrawombie” was keeping an eye on the flooding situation which has been ongoing for most of the year.

“The Duck Creek was dropping well until last Friday before the rain. It then started rising and has risen 40cm since then.”

So far Mr Yabsley said the water had only backed up in low lying areas but not caused inundation.

Furniture on bricks in a function room at Callubri Station