Australia Day Weekend Weather

[britts]

Had steady rain in nana glen all night 65mm in the gauge overnight well until it fell over, had to move it yesterday when I mowed the lawn lucky I didn't put in back up still raining steadily.

[Niley]

We were one of a number of campers who took off on friday for the long weekend at Somerset Dam. Not to bad friday and saturday morning, however looking at the forecast on saturday morning we decided to call it. Managed to get home and put the CT up in the garage - drying out. Good to get the canvas wet every now and then.

Feeling sorry for the others who decided to stay on.

Keep safe!

Niley

[brickiematt]

Suns out a torquay, sitting listening to the top 100 aussie songs, drinking beer in the sunshine, reading Myswag while the kids surf.  It doesn't get much better than this 
Swannie

Hey swannie,  doin the same just up the road at anglesea mate. Hammock, beer and MySwag. Lovin it

We feel for you guys up north. Stay safe everyone.

[toeball]

I'm in SEQ having about as un-fun a time as you can imagine, trying to sort my wife's Apple time capsule and also trying to get everything off my laptop and onto our windows fkn 8 craputer ...... I think I might go out to the shed :-)  If I can work out where the "show us ya shed" thread is I'll post a pic..... 

I guess it would be less fun with the flooding and tornados

[Kit_e_kat9]

I had 45mm overnight and had about that so far today.  The wind has picked up from about lunchtime as has the rainfall.  I drove down the CTA Canungra meet this morning only to find them all gone and the Coomera R up by 1.5mtrs ... Logan R is up to the picnic ground under the rail bridge at Yatala ... I'm on a hill so coping the wind and rain ... I have never experienced flooding here ... but it might be interesting getting to work on Tuesday if this keeps up.

I've heard Kilcoy and Esk are cut off. 

Thank to the 4WD Qld Alerts on FB:
Woolooga (north of Gympie) is flooded.


Springbrook Road near Austinville Road is a no go zone.


Thanks to Oz Cyclone Chasers on FB:
Kedron Brook taken this morning.


Baffle Creek Pub around 6pm yesterday


This from a friend in Gympie:

Station Road Underpass Closed 1.30pm 25/01/13
 Yabba Creek Rd Yabba Creek No. 1 & No. 6 Closed 11.15pm 26/01/13
 Tin Can Bay Road Moody Creek Closed 2.00am 27/01/13
 Burnett Highway North lot Goomeri Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Burnett Highway South of Goomeri Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Kilkivan Tansey Road Wide Bay Creek Closed 11.30pm 26/01/13
 Baulked Woolooga Rd Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Wolvi Rd flash flooding Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Noosa Rd Speedway Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 East Deep Creek Road Near Nolan’s Closed 4.00am 27/01/13
 Randwick Rd Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Old Goomboorian Rd Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Fisher and Pocket Rd Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Traveston Crossing Road Traveston Crossing Bridge (Mary River) Closed 6.00am 27/01/13
 Mary Valley Rd Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Sandy Crk Rd Closed 5.30am 27/01/13
 Amamoor Creek Road Crossings Closed 11.30pm 26/01/13
 Wide Bay Highway Bells Bridge Closed 6.00am 27/01/13

And there are unconfirmed reports of a tornado around Mooloolaba.  Those in the Bribie area could be next to experience these tornado's.

The QPS are asking that we stay home.  If we are driving TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON, but they would rather you didn't drive at all.  And this most important one:  IF IT'S FLOODED, FORGET IT

Kit_e
Off to partake of another weekend beverage and watch the tennis ... who will win?

[BernieS]

Reports of idiots driving thu salt water storm surge at Wynnum and Sandgate with kids sitting on car bonnets 

Extremely windy here in the Eastern suburbs. Rain was almost horizontal at one point.
Be glad when its over.  Think I need a drink!!

[Benji]

We've had over 250mm of rain at Highfileds, north of Toowoomba, since Thursday.  The ground is saturated and water tanks full.  A lot of run off onto the road now.  It's still raining.

[Kit_e_kat9]

Highway closed at Gin Gin



Kit_e

[bullfrog]

I tipped about 95mm out of the rain guage this morning ( 5:00pm yesterday until 10:00am today) & it's filling agian. That's here in Sth Grafton up on the hill. I was down at Iluka on Friday arvo at mum's & had to take her down to do some shopping. We were talking to some oldies & a bloke from the SES & they were saying how much in common this pattern has with the pattern that produced the floods in 1974. I can remember where the water came to at home, but not the lead up( only that it was wet). It will be interesting to see what happens when the next ex cyclone comes South.

[Isuzumu]

How devastating for the people in Woolooga, we go thru there quite a lot.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Only damage for us is the wet toilet roll mentioned earlier and our TV ariel seems to be stuffed now.

Lots of boats have broken mooring lines or dragged anchors, with 3 i know sunk, one is in a park on the esplanade and lots pushed during the high tide onto the flats, including the Lady Woodward. Shes stuck and listing a little.

No campers or CT's as far as the eye can see here.

We'll be cut off until tomorrow, as Coondoo is 1.2 metres over the bridge.

[jeeps]

I've been watching this all day:

http://www.energex.com.au/residential-and-business/power-outages/unplanned-power-outages


very interesting to watch the power failures roll on through individual suburbs... very good info! Almost 90,000 without power atm

cheers

[gibbo301]

Yay got the power back on what a night garage flooded trees down few leaks but all good now
 
winds and rain gone and no major drama unlike jeepers lol

[Kit_e_kat9]

Great!     Now I've been told the only shade tree out front of work for we smokers has fallen over.  Thanks A lot Oswald you fiend.   

Kit_e

[gibbo301]

Time to give it up maybe.

[Kit_e_kat9]

Err no.  It's the only peace and quiet I get all day at work.   

Kit_e

[cancan]

I think the wind getting stronger...well the house is moving more but at least the rain has cut back.
90 km winds in Roma and no power so will be interesting to how the van is on Tuesday

[SteveandViv]

Nothing but stinking hot here Terrible for all those in the floods, we usually expect it at this time of year but nope, dry as a flies fart here. It sucks. 42.8 today.

[Dog160]

Well, after reading the posts of the people up north, don't think I'll complain about the rain we camped in at Wombeyan caves last night. Hope everyone is safe up that way.

[speewa158]

Great!     Now I've been told the only shade tree out front of work for we smokers has fallen over.  Thanks A lot Oswald you fiend.   

Kit_e

Kit-e if you dont want to ditch the fags , Ditch Work , it only upsets you anyway

[Campa]

We've just returned home from the GoldCoast camping at big4 Treasure Island. We had a great weekend despite the wet weather.

[Rumpig]

Currently flooded in on Gympie Southside and likely to be this way for a few days yet, Mary River has backed up the creek in the only street out of where we are (sister in laws house) and we have no way out. Power went out at 5.00 a.m this morning and is still out now, Energex said it'd be back on at 5.30 p.m first up then changed it to 11.00 p.m, but I'll be surprised if it's on when I wake in the morning, as they'll be struggling to get access around here anywhere with the amount of flooding that has happened.

[jeeps]

It's 4:30 am and been stuck in floodwaters in the middle of nowhere since 10pm last night. Stuck south of Beaudesert can't go forward or back. Gone for a few drives with others in a few 4wds  to check but still too deep to try, it's an ocean out here. There's snakes and spiders all over the roads trying to get away.

Cheers

[Rumpig]

 As expected, no power on this morning yet. Mary River has risen substantially over night so we won't be going anywhere for days yet. I woke thinking it was raining heavy here this morning, but it was just the sound of the river rushing down stream.

[jeeps]

Still stuck in floodwaters!