Balonne

European Pressphoto Agency Queensland Premier Anna Bligh visits St. George, Australia, whose residents have been advised to evacuate immediately as the Balonne River continues to rise rapidly.

Queensland Town Evacuated Amid Fresh Flood Fears James Glynn 2012

Balonne to St. George's Bridge, shewing also the route thence homeward to Snodgrass Lagoon

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

Balonne, viz., that between the 23rd April and 5th November, was the most proper for visiting the tropical regions of Australia.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

I wished here to intercept some natives who might tell us where was the ford of “Congo,” where white men had crossed the Balonne, or where was the river Balonne.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

Soon after, we arrived on the bank of the Balonne, as fine a looking river as I have seen in the colony, excepting only the Murray.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

This was also a lagoon supplied by floods in the Balonne.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

Balonne to St. George's Bridge, shewing also the route thence homeward to Snodgrass Lagoon

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

Baloon, however, but Balonne, and this I the more readily adopt to avoid the introduction of a name so inappropriate amongst rivers.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

On doing this, I found we had at length attained a point from whence, in case of necessity, we could go as far as the Balonne, even if no water were found in the country intervening, the direct distance being under forty miles.

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

With respect to its course, he plainly said that it joined the Balonne; repeatedly pointing in the direction of that river and then following with his hand, the various windings of this branch; repeating the while some word implying ‘walk, walk,’ and ending with

Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003