 Flooding of the South Esk River and the need for a river crossing have constrained transport in the town for much of its history.The South Esk, now crossed by a bridge on the Meander Valley Highway, separates the town from settlements further west and unusually high floods can cut the highway on the town's east, when it is submerged at Beams Hollow.The river was first crossed by a ford known as "Reibey's Ford" near Entally House.