The previous big flood of this magnitude in Beaconsfield was in Jan 2011. This was the last time that Soldiers Road was closed near the Beaconsfield Railway Station. This year, on January 8th following heavy rain, we again saw Soldiers Road closed, and over one metre of water was measured under the viaduct at Beaconsfield Station. There was also wide spread flooding at Akoonah Park and the footbridge at the tennis courts was completely cut off, with a raging torrent of water flowing down Cardinia Creek. This was quite an event for the town and there were many people roaming around to see the event for themselves.
Beaconsfield registered 61mm of rain on this day which was exacerbated by 20mm the day before causing the ground to already be saturated.
