The St Georges Basin Country Club is an evacuation centre and State Emergency Services (SES) is also using the club as a base.

The club was open all Tuesday, in anticipation of having to help people in flood areas.

One couple came to the club Tuesday night and today, Wednesday at 9.30am one person was taking shelter at the club.

Club management, staff and SES were ready in case more people need assistance, especially this afternoon when the water levels rise.

Sussex Inlet Bowling Club was set up as an evacuation centre for the waterside southern village, with manager Vicki Black saying it had catered for 10 people who were evacuated from their homes.

She said while the area suffered some flooding, the majority of people remained in their homes.

“Residents who need to be here are,” Ms Black said just before 10am on Wednesday.

“We have no idea of what numbers might still come in today.

“The predictions are for another high tide, peaking around 5pm and we will see what that brings.”

She said the town remained isolated with the main road into the village, Sussex Inlet Road, cut by water.

The weather station at Silos Estate has recorded a whopping 299.2mm of rainfall since the low pressure system started dumping on the South Coast on Monday.

“It’s now raining 5.6mm an hour,” owner Raj Ray said.

The B&B offered free accommodation to anyone unable to get home last night.

Although they had a number of rooms on standby, in the end everyone who had contacted them was able to get home.

“If you had a 4WD you could get through Berry Road, so people were carpooling,” Mr Ray said.

“We kept the phones on until midnight in case. So it was good news.

“One sweet couple, they had a dog, and were worried they couldn’t get south. They rang us at Wandandian to say they made it through.”

Mr Ray said perhaps the winery should consider a different line of business.

“Maybe we should start bottling water, not wine,” he said.

“We’ve been here eight years and we’ve never seen anything like this. We’ve had one sixth of our annual rainfall – it’s incredible.”

Also the organiser of the annual Duck Dash on September 20 this year, Mr Ray said the weather was at least ideal for that.

“It’s good weather for ducks.”

On Wednesday evening four rooms were taken at Silos by people stranded due to flooding.

Silos management were happy the rooms could be used by those in need.