I'm positive that QLD knows the feeling a lot better than we do, but during the start of the clean up of QLD floods, we received about 185ml's of rain over two days which in already wet soil was enough to cause some flooding. Denzil (our neighbour) who has been on this farm (or his family have) for about 150 yrs have NEVER seen the creek like it. A little creek which is normally perhaps 3m wide became about 50m wide. They'd never seen it over the road. He'd never had 100 bales of silage washed away and just disappear somewhere out to the middle of the Bass Strait. Nor did he realise the cows could swim! He had 4 cows, which had been watching the waters rise and we safely on dry ground who decided they would go for a swim into the rapids for about 10 minutes before turning around and going back! Why not?? Humans do!!!
Anyway, here are some pics. The creek would have to rise a good 5m more before it would come anywhere near the house, and there'd be house under on the other side of the creek before that happened! So, no damage for us, just a few fences and a bit of a clean up. And the water went as quickly as it came! Up and down within a day!
Impressive water! Btw, you live in a postcard picture :P
ReplyDeleteAbout the card I made, it's a metallic, stiff type of ribbon that I probably bought from Crazy Clarks or The Warehouse and I stapled it into pleats before sticking on with double sided tape. Despite them being a bit fiddly, I love frills! :)