March

Saturday 7th. March !
It rained all this day and last night incessantly and extremely heavy, which occasions some apprehension of an inundation of the River Hawkesbury – which at this crisis will prove a great Calamity to the Settlers and Country in general. —

Tuesday 10th.March 1812 !
It continued to rain most violently since Saturday last to this day inclusive (– excepting for a short interval on Sunday forenoon) which occasions great apprehensions of a Flood of the Hawkesbury. —

Friday 13th. March ! —
I received Letters from Mr. Cox J.P. at Windsor reporting that the River has risen 12 Feet above its usual Height within the last few days and that there are Nine Feet [...] Water over Mr. Thompson's Bridge on the South Creek; but that there is, as yet, no apprehension of an inundation of the River. —

Saturday 14th. !
Recd. a report from Mr. Cox to say that all apprehensions of a Flood have vanished, and that the Rise of the Waters of the River Hawkesbury has greatly fallen.

Source
Macquarie, Lachlan. Memoranda & Related Papers. 22 December 1808-14 July 1823.
Original held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
ML Ref: A772 41-42 ff. [Microfilm Reel CY301 Frames #48-49].