Wet but fine

Just a quick update as we have been contacted by many friends asking us if we are OK. And the answer is yes, we are fine. The bridge has gone under about 6 times since Xmas but this has generally not been a problem. I had to delay my departure from work on Friday until about 6pm (yes that was a bit of a shock) until the creek dropped and I was unable to get to work at all yesterday. Today was OK until I got a call from Steve at 3pm to tell me that the creek was just starting to push its way over the bridge and that I should get home now. Which I did.

The Leycester Creek is still a fast flowing river of chocolate coloured water that has bloated its way outside its usual channel and some of our creekside plantings remain underwater. Logs the size of large trees bob and weave their way down the creek and I don't think you appreciate the strength and force of a creek in flood until you see one in action.

The chookery is a muddy, shitty, mess. Yucko. We've been letting the girls out each day just so that they can walk around on clean, if wet, grass, rather than spend all day confined to a quagmire. They have responded by scratching out the mulch from around each of our trees and shrubs and making a mess. But they're programmed to do such stuff.

But of course all of this is nothing compared to what the poor people of southern QLD are having to contend with now. It looks like we've missed out on these deluges. Anyway, thanks again for your concern, folks!