The Dams and Civil Unit of the Department of Commerce has been engaged by the Department of Natural Resources to carry out a visual audit for a number of individual flood levees throughout New South Wales. This audit report addresses the outcomes of the audit for the flood levee at Darlington Point. This visual levee audit is designed to provide sufficient evidence to enable determination of the following:

• Whether recently upgraded levees are being maintained in accordance with the appropriate Operation and Maintenance Manual/Asset Management Plan or other appropriate maintenance schedule.
• Whether levees that are not in the process of being upgraded have deteriorated since the 1993 audit which was conducted by the Public Works Department.

The audit reports are also to recommend if the visual evidence suggests that a more detailed investigation into the condition of the levees is required.