{"id":37322,"date":"2021-04-09T08:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=37322"},"modified":"2021-04-09T08:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T08:45:20","slug":"oxley-highway-multiple-landslides-in-new-south-wales-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2021\/04\/09\/oxley-highway-multiple-landslides-in-new-south-wales-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxley Highway: multiple landslides in New South Wales, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxley Highway: multiple landslides in New South Wales, Australia<\/h4>\n

The Oxley Highway is a rural road orientated east-west in\u00a0New South Wales,\u00a0Australia<\/a>.<\/sup> To the west is the town of Nevertire, to the east it terminates at Port Macquarie on the Tasman Sea coast.<\/p>\n

Heavy rainfall in March triggered multiple landslides along the Oxley Highway in a section between Yarras and Walcha.\u00a0 This is the landscape of the section in question:-<\/p>\n

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Google Earth image showing the landscape along the Oxley Highway between Yarras and Walcha (just visible in the distance) in New South Wales, Australia<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is a good helicopter reconnaissance video showing the magnitude of the damage caused by landslides to the highway, posted to Youtube<\/a>:-<\/p>\n