At Killara the waterway is steady at 3.24 metres, beneath the major flood level of 3.3 metres.

The river is expected to remain near this level tomorrow.

Downstream at Mongans Bridge, the Bureau of Meteorology said the Kiewa had peaked on Sunday more than 40 centimetres above major flood level.

Emergency services in the Wodonga region have braced for the worst.

Sand bags were set up at the Kiewa general store and nearby homes last night — among 8000 distributed by the Wodonga area’s SES over the weekend.

The Kiewa East Road was closed, under about a metre of water, with traffic from Tangambalanga to Wodonga diverted along Mahers Road.

Flooding had earlier forced the Kiewa Valley Highway to crumble away near Dederang Gap.

The road was also closed to traffic near Gundowring.

The Kiewa River at Killara is expected to peak in major flood about noon today.mon

The Bureau of Meteorology last night advised the waterway was likely to reach 3.3 metres, having risen slowly over the weekend.

In Wodonga on Saturday, Huon Creek Road resident Kym Ziersch readied for disaster; in 2005, water came within centimetres of flooding his family’s home.

“It’s our understanding we’re one of the lowest houses on the Huon Creek catchment,” he said.

“In 2005, it actually came to the rim of bricks along the bottom of the (lounge room) window.”

After that close call, Wodonga Council installed an embankment to help prevent Huon Creek from threatening the low-lying property again.

Mr Ziersch said late yesterday the move had been a success.

“It only came in a little bit more than on Saturday,” he said.

Elsewhere in the city, Les Stone Park attracted scores of visitors on Saturday as it transformed into an underwater playground for many, thanks to a flooded House Creek.

“Traffic had pulled over everywhere,” Suzie Simpkin told The Border Mail.

“One car had stopped on the road causing traffic behind to toot horns and swerve around him and onto the wrong side of the road.

“Let’s hope the water subsides and kids get their parks back.”