Marine Rescue flood response focuses on Barham

Assistance by Marine Rescue NSW to the flood emergency along the Murray River has focused today on the small town of Barham, 800km to the south west of Sydney.

Volunteers from three South Coast Marine Rescue units, Ulladulla, Batemans Bay and Tuross Moruya have spent the morning filling sandbags and helping to lay them so as to protect several properties under threat from the Murray River.

In Moama, the volunteers of Marine Rescue Moama remain on standby and ready to assist in the flood response as required.