Thread: Scallops and Kat

Originally Posted by justinc

One of my customers just Texted me from Charleville, he is trying to head south tonight. I hope they don't take any unnecessary risks, not sure is the way south from there open? I thought not.

JC

Not sure if the rest of Oz understands the lie of the land hereabouts,,

ALL the floods from Toowoomba you saw on Telly head WEST.

The devastation in Grantham and river floods in Ipswich and Brissy are from the escarpment runoff and brisbane valley catchments.

so we have floods heading in TWO directions.

Originally Posted by Outlaw

Also Stikman and family are fine as are Killer and family.

Thanks Josh, yes we are safe and well in sunny Melbourne. Our house is well out of the way of the floodwaters I believe. Our family has been keeping an eye on it though.

Cheers Mick.

Your timing has always been excellent Mick

Scallops and Kat are doing fine. the biggest problem Dan has at the moment is keeping his beer cold with no power. I have an extra batt to drop down soon.

Because of the no power situation, his mobile is flat and cannot recharge at this stage.

Water went a fair way through the front yard and if the landy's were still there they would have had a 2 tone paintwork from half way up the windows down. The house was high and dry. So now for them it is cleaning the muck out of the yard.

His neighbours were not so lucky

CC

he can grab the battery box from my laundry or the genset from the shed

For those who are suffering from a lack of HH postings whilst Carolyn and Harry are holidaying in sunny Tassie, you will be pleased to know that today we were able to get out their way after many back roads and discreet sign running and discovered (as they well knew) although they would have been isolated for around the last couple of days, their property has remained high and dry and unscathed.
The Logan (obviously unheard of as far as the Brisbane TV stations are concerned) is subsiding and some of the arterial roads around Logan village, Tamborine etc should be reopened in a day or so.
Nowhere near the property loss out this way as most people don't build on the flood plains!
Regards
Glen

Folks - Power went back on at our home last night and I'm back at work today.

I've just seen this and a few other threads - I thank you all for both your concern and help. You folks are fantastic and it's good to know a message can get onto the forum and help is then not far away.

One thing I have learned is this - people just don't fully understand the ramifications of being flooded until it actually happens to you. The last thing I want to do now is have an exchange with anyone in particular, but I feel I can say some things now having been right in the thick of it....

1) First and Foremost - I'm a Ipswich bloke now and forever more - the spirit and generosity of so many people here was simply incredible and very moving. Example - We were sandbagging with all our neighbours once our own preparations were complete. An old local digger turned up to try to help out, but he was unable to physically help, so he recited powerful bush poetry, in the driving rain, to lift our spirit. It was surreal. It was magical. It embodied all that is good and strong in our Australian spirit. Everyone around here now knows each other better, and many people here are now new friends.

2) After having gone through this, I'd respectfully suggest to those here who "know it all" and live far away from all this to think carefully about slagging off things such as the payments folks are receiving for being without power, for example. The last thing I have time for right now is to explain a contrary position, but these payments are very welcome to the people of Ipswich. We - like everyone else in our street - have applied for these funds too - so I actually know how it's done and that there is no possibility of unaffected people being payed without cause. It's not just about food going off in the fridge either.

3) I hope not to read ever again any crap about Australian government/ charities making payments to Pakistan, Ethiopia, Indonesia - or the Moon for that matter. A flood is a flood - people are people, and flooded people need help. People just don't know what being flooded is like until it's actually happened to them.

4) From even awful, bad events - good can be born. We often see a world full of ill feeling, road rage, us against them, etc etc - but I've now seen the very best of the Australian character and I'm damn proud to be Australian.

I thank you all again for holding us and everyone else who was in harm's way in your hearts. It was appreciated and it did lift our spirits.

Dan & Kat.

glad you guys are ok and more importantly back online....i take it the mac survived....

i gotta agree, when i was sitting up at rainbow beach wondering what all the fuss was about in brisbane and didn't even realise that i myself was cut off from the rest of the world.....

spent sunday at a friends place in milton which was a real eye opener, i enjoyed the opportunity to help his community out for the day and was blown away by the community spirit and the efforts of the authorities

my offer of help still stands......thats if my text eventually got through