A1 Darren are you AOK?

[TankWatcher]

Oh no, not those beautiful tanks stands.

Seriously, glad you're ok. So did it fall over the catchment area?

[Mr Wild]

Thought you might have had your hands full, garage, house fishroom full!

Take it easy one day it will stop and then think of the cleanup! Better rest up now and have another one!

[Roxanne]

I heard they have to start cleaning as the water recedes or they end up living in a mud brick dwelling......

[Mr Wild]

Rox

oooooooooo, got a mental picture, not nice, not nice at all!

Kath

[Darren's Discus]

Robyn,
All our dams are full have been for a couple of weeks,the Burdiken dam has 3 olympic size pools of water falling over the gates per second.We do have a couple of low's just north of us that will bring more heavy rain over the weekend plus this weekend we have king tides over 4 metres so it could be interesting !



cheers

[Mr Wild]

Oh gosh! Can you send some this way? Our grass is crackling under foot and I am already suplementing the sheep feed! We need the rain!

[Roxanne]

Darrens waterlogged and you're baking..How long has it been without rain Kath?

News tonight was that the latest tropical cyclone off the Coast might not gain full strength...batten down the hatches Captain Dazza, we are all thinking of ya ...pics of the King Tide would be awesome, but don't go out in the cyclone just to please me..lol

[two utes]

Hey Darren...Can we please have your access water please. With the 45 degree heat and 30 knot winds yesterday fire caused lots of havoc not far from here. One of our friends lost their home. Thankfully today is a cooler 22 degrees....Its amazing how much difference that cold front made last night.
Thank god.

[TankWatcher]

fire caused lots of havoc not far from here. One of our friends lost their home.

Joe, my heart goes out not only to you & your friends who lost their homes - but to all the Victorians who died & the survivors who lost everything they own, in this horrid monster fire weekend.

It is so sad & so hard to believe it's happened. I hope you are ok.

[two utes]

Thanks for your concern Robyn...we are safe. The fires have resulted in 108 deaths, and over 700 homes lost....with firemen still not able to access some small communities, l am sure that this will turn out to be more tragic.
And to think that there are people out there lighting these fires to get a thrill.So Sad!

Meanwhile back up in Northern Queensland we have heard that the flooded waters are receding...we also heard that a young boy has been attacked by a croc and is missing.

[Darren's Discus]

Morning all,
Yes was a pretty crazy weekend for weather here in OZ,rain has eased here in North Queensland,Joe will try and put some pics up later today.My heart goes out to all those poor people in the Victorian bushfires who lost their lives on the weekend 108 died (death toll still rising) 750 homes destroyed.How can one part of the country be flooded while the other part burns ?



cheers

[Roxanne]

...well, I grew up in the WA bush and the older, traditional aboriginals used to back burn sections of bush at the right times, during the right conditions and this avoids problems...I actually remember an old aboriginal guy with a his fire stick talking to my dad every few months he would come up the road...seeing as the Aboriginals have lived in this country for so very long, they know it, we should be calling upon them to educate the rest of us IME...begging for their help more like it... Anyone who has seen the Aussie bush on fire, knows what I mean, sometimes you can't outrun it..

Glad the weather is giving you a break up there Darren.

Rox

[Mr Wild]

Has'nt rained here since Xmas but it is the heat doing the damage, but of course since I last posted all hell has broken out in Victoria so my problems are insignificant to that.

Those volunteers doing the best job they can, putting themselves in harms way and still they are unable to stop it. Must be one hell of a fire alright.
My thoughts are with you guys.

[Roxanne]

Death Toll is 200 as of this morning

Sorry Daz, what turned out to be joy that you guys are ok, has turned into a sad Armageddon Thread..

[Darren's Discus]

Yes,
It's hard to imagine the total devastation in Victoria,just watching the news last night was enough to make anyone cry !


cheers