Loganlea Swim-in

[zulu Delta 534]

We seem to be holding own personal "swim-in" at the moment, the cat is wearing gumboots, the yard is overflowing, the gutters on the street are full and our house gutters aren't coping at all well.
Yesterday at 0800 recorded 76mm,
this morning at 0800 had had 86mm
and at 1110 this morning we have had another 32mm.....and this should be the dry season.
Pity its nearly all on the coastal plain where it is basically wasted and runs out to sea.
With the leakage ratio of Daisy the S2a, with all this rain, she should have about 3" of water inside her by now!
Regards
Glen

[Shonky]

1) get in Daisy.
2) drive to rural area.
3) open door.

Drought fixed!

[stevo68]

Hey Glen.....X 2...about to backwash pool for a second time in 2 days. Nice puddle to walk through before stepping into Smokey....dogs are looking at me like I am a bastard . Thankfully we are half way up a mountain....some roads down the bottom are cut off with flooding. Am now wishing I got some fire wood as it is also pretty chilly here at the moment...be nice to have a crackling fire going whilst I work the day away ....instead of shaking in my uggies ,

Regards

Stevo

[stage1slave]

NM, glad to hear you made it ok. I woke up this morning to hear it on the radio. You must have had more than us this time. And yes, it really ****s me when people drive in such bad conditions without their headlights on. Especially those driving gray or silver cars! Unreal.

cheers
ER

[86mud]

I think I might be giving my 130 a deep water bath on the way home tonight as all the roads around Gumdale are flooded....

Cheers
Andrew

[The ho har's]

The normally dryish creek bed at our place

Neighbours driveway is under there somewhere


looking upstream from our bridge


Dams overflowing over our driveway


Mrs ho har

[solmanic]

Went to town this morning for a meeting at 10am. Finished at 11:30, stopped to pick some things up then spent from 12pm to 5pm getting home!!!

Indooroopilly streets around Nudgee Junior college - underwater (1m) - turned around.
Moggill Rd Pinjarra Hills - underwater (some 4WDs going through) - turned around again!
Pinjarra Rd, Pinjarra Hills - underwater (possibly 1.5m) - turned around AGAIN!!!

Rang SWMBO and told her to get home via Moggill ferry - SHE had the Defender!!!

Went to my parents' and swapped the Alfa for dad's Pajero - Not really sure how the Alfa managed to get this far. There were a few spots on Moggill Rd where the rushing water across the road was spraying over its bonnet - it's a goddamn trojan of a car! Then tried Moggill Rd again in the Paj...

THIS time - Moggill Rd Kenmore - underwater. The Defender in front of me turned around!!!

Tried Centenary highway & Ipswich Motorway and crawled along at about 5km/h for about an hour and a half.

Moggill Ferry - stopped running due to river current & debris whilst I was in the queue to board!!!

Colleges Crossing, Mt Crosby - closed - diverted.

Bounced along Allawah Rd through Chuwar (never even knew this place existed). The dirt road through here will be a great little 4WD track tomorrow . Already rutting heavily. Finally crossed the weir above Colleges (again, I never even knew there was a weir) and waded along Mt Crosby Rd back home to Bellbowrie.

5 hours getting home - that's a record.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

5 hours getting home - that's a record.

Ouch! Finally some luck- the rest of this week has been my introduction to telecommuting. The power is still on so all is good

If we go under about 98% of Brisbane is had it

[zulu Delta 534]

At 1815 tonight I just emptied the rain gauge again and it had collected 102mms since 0800 this morning.
Being autumn too has thrown a spanner in the works as the wind has dislodged millions of coloured leaves from our liquid amber tree. These dislodged leaves have held their own emergency meetings over my drain grates, effectively blocking drains and managing to create shallow flooding throughout my garage.
The joys of nature!
Regards
Glen

[dullbird]

Well the rain started here in Sydney Last night, was REALLY heavy this morning and has been going all day.....

And Yes NM vision was really really poor at one stage and some loser came up beside me with no lights I check my mirrors a lot and did not see him until he was right on my corner...Dark coloured car to