Hey all...
Another check in from Wee Waa Island. (haven't had to vote anyone off yet!)
Weather is stunning here today. After having to work this morning (bread sales were down, yes!), I have only had a chance now to get back on and let you know how the situation is going.
We're still well surrounded by brown water and judging by the peak upstream of us at Gunnedah this morning, I daresay we'll be an island for the week to come.
I've just come back from taking some photos and will let you all see our perspective. Sadly, what I can't show you is just how much water there is, how fast it really is flowing (I'd be guessing at about 7 or 8 knots) and also the most amazing sight of all is the spider webs that are floating hundreds of feet up in the sky!! I tried to photograph them but I just couldn't get them! The best I can do is one of them on the ground, where they were just waving in the breeze. It really is just incredible to look up and see all of this white wispy web floating at all heights on the breeze. The dogs came back from our walk, their heads covered in web!!
Anyway, we're all doing ok here. Plenty of aircraft buzzing about and the sound of helicopters is now being joined by the sound of lawnmowers trying to beat the grass back into submission. I'm about to go out and see how much I can tackle without leaving big burnouts in the grass!
From Mozz's standpoint, the water dropped enough and is now out of his shed. It came within an inch of the tailgate on the campertrailer, so I guess he's thinking that it was all ok there! Whilst he still has the boat in, people are able to wade down their street with it only being up to their knees!
Thank you all for your kind thoughts and words about our predicament! We're doing quite well really, there are certainly many who are not as well off as us. Especially as it has stopped raining for now and it is a lovely sunny day!
So, the pictures and what they're about...
Flood peak was about 7am and reached 7.28mt at the Glencoe gauge on the river (which is about 7kms up the road from here.)
The Lagoon Bridge, heading out to the southern side of town, this road normally takes you to Yarrie Lake and back to Narrabri. Today, it was not taking us anywhere! This was also taken around the time of the peak of the flood.
This is Vera's Leap road. Last year, I photographed this and I think I had actually had the FJ parked near to the 80 signs. Not this time!!
This is to try and give you some perspective on how high the levee is and how much up the levee the water is today. You can also see the high tide mark from yesterday.
It's hard to give you a good perspective of the sheer volume of water...this is the best I can do.
