I'm from Bellingen NSW otherwise known as the town that invented flooding.
I have no idea of actual rainfall in scientific terms........just that's it's been a sh@# load over the last couple of days and there's lots more predicted.
And being extremely lucky I have not one, not two but three different water systems to negotiate before I even make it to town. The first is our creek straight out of the forest and she's gushing along, next is the bridge on our road which is normally over the Kalang River (today she's one mitre underwater) and then of course in town there's the majestic Bellinger River, which is naturally enough, flooding. There's also a landslide on the road up the mountain to Dorrigo. Oh the joys of living in the bush.
Add to that that my 4x4 is in Coffs Harbour getting serviced and I have a Holden Commodore loan car sporting a flat tyre and you start to get the picture
The Missus was expecting me to pick her up yesterday at the airport. No chance! She's staying with friends in Coffs & will probably need to for several days yet. So it's not all bad news. What's that they say about 'every cloud & silver linings'?
I have plenty of supplies, access to Austar, fresh coffee, beer & wine and no wife to tell me what I'm doing wrong until the water goes down.
Life is good!!!!
Happy Days - Wayne