Floodwaters have receded from Waikaia and the Clutha District but a group of hunters remain stuck in the hills behind Piano Flat after two bridges were washed out.
A statement issued by police said 10 hunters would remain camped about 10km north of Piano Flat, near Waikaia, until tomorrow.
Two bridges were washed out in the flash flooding at the start of the week and the hunters cannot return from their trip until the crossings are repaired.
The hunters were well provisioned for their extended stay.
Police had no concerns for their wellbeing.
Stacey Cunningham, who lived south of Waikaia, said most of the water was gone apart from a few paddocks where it had not drained.
''It's mainly the farms around the town and further down where fences are off the posts . . . and paddocks are just brown.''
Yesterday's weather was ''nice and warm'' which helped dry things out, she said.
There would be a ''big clean up'' at Piano Flat.
Ms Cunningham said the Freshford settlement was hit particularly bad and at least one house was flooded.
''An elderly man . . . woke up during the night and when he got out of bed he realised there was water in the house.''
Waikaia Motor Camp manager Graham Coats said vehicles were able to travel in and out of the town with ease.
Not many people were affected or disrupted by the flash flood, despite the water level being higher than other floods in the past, Mr Coats said.
''It comes up quick and goes away quick.''
A Clutha District Council spokeswoman said the conserve water notice for the Glenkenich Rural Water Scheme would remain in place as dirty river conditions meant the plant struggled to produce a constant supply of water.
It would remain in place depending on what happened with the rain and river conditions in the next few days.
All roads in the Clutha District affected by the flooding were reopened yesterday as the river levels dropped.
There was still some surface flooding at MacFarlane Rd.
