In the dead of night in April 1870, the murky waters of Lake George rose so quickly that the residents of Currandooley, a substantial stone homestead near the eastern side of the lake, were forced to flee for their lives in a boat.
"The water was up to the windowsills, so they crawled out the windows and rowed to safety," explains Harry Osborne, the great-great-grandson of Pat Hill Osborne who was living at the home with his family.
