 However, the high frequency of flooding limits its use mainly to pastures for cattle grazing and dairying enterprises.Between of rain fell on 30 March 2017, brought about as a result of the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, causing the Wilsons River to flood with a peak of at Lismore the following day, overtopping the -high levee.It is likely that the indigenous population of the region would have used canoes and other river craft to transport themselves and trade along the Wilsons River before the appearance of Europeans.