the greatest flood in the town's history in January 2011. Around 80% of the town was inundated with water from the Campaspe River. The Campaspe reached a peak of (at the Rochester Syphon) during the late afternoon of 15 January 2011. Recordings at the Rochester Township station ceased on the morning of 15 January 2011 after it too was swallowed by the rising river. Many of the town's residents were evacuated to the town of Echuca, to the north, with the military called in to assist the evacuation of the Rochester hospital. The floods were the result of a large amount of rain falling into the Campaspe catchment at Lake Eppalock throughout the course of the week prior to the flood. Large volumes of water coursed down Eppalock's spillways directly into the Campaspe, directly affecting towns downstream. Gallery References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia)