Thought it was about time I met some Grey Nomads so if you want a cuppa with me and Happy Wanderer here are the details.

When:Wednesday 12th January 2011 10 am
Where: Echuca The Olive Tree Coffee Shop. I will sit in the outside area which is next to Safeway Liquor.
Identification: I will take The Grey Nomad handbook with me
Hope you can come.

That will be under water wont it? LOL

If that goes underwater welcome, the whole of Echuca will be in trouble. Anyone else live nearby who want to join us??

Hopefully I will see you there
Ken

I'd love to but just a tad to far for me.....lol enjoy your morning

Sorry I will be busy that day 

What a shame for both of you. If you left now you could just about make it.

Hi Happywanderer, Would love to but timing is out by just a whisker. Will be going over to Yarrawonga the following week and could have come across.

I would also love to come over, but cancelled my car service to look at a van today and rebooked for wednesday dare not cancel again.Next time I will definately come over.Norma

Looking forward to meeting you Happy Wanderer and Ken Thomas.

Our get together in Echuca has been postponed until Wednesday 19th January. Hope you are feeling better by then Happy Wanderer

I wont be far away, I think I will be in Numurkah around then

you are most welcome to come and have acuppa with us in Echuca going soon.

Pam, are you having problems with floods in Echuca?

Back on board guys, nearly normal. Has been a hive of activity around me this arvo, sandbagging down the end of the street, rows of vehicles lined up waiting to take them to needed spots. Helicopters buzzing around over head and even got a sms alert and a home phone alert. Rochy is in a terrible mess, poor b.......rs. 80 % supposed to be under water and evacuations to somewhere here in Echuca. Not sure how as all roads leading into Rochy closed. Its the Campaspe and not the Murray so its the other side of town from me that will be affected. My daughter is only 3 blocks away from the campaspe on that side but in line with the secondary school they are using as the only evacuation point. They wouldn't be using it if they thought the water would get that far. Peak time is expected to be tomorrow afternoon or evening.

HW, thinking of you, stay safe

It sure is a strange country. Sitting here with helicopters going overhead, sandbagging (ses filling sandbags) half a block away from me. A hot sunny day with so much humidity its unbelievable. For anyone wanting to know where its flooding go to the Shire of Campaspe website. They have a flood map up there, My street doesn't even show on the map so safe here. I'm in the East, my daughter in the west on the other side of the Campaspe but safe as in line with the evacuation centre two streets from her. The really stupid thing the SES has set up is the evacuation centre is on the other side of the Campaspe from the town, hospital and most of the residential. If it did get serious how the hell would everyone get over there if the only bridge went under. Warren Street down by the port is flooded now so that only leaves the bridge in Ogilvie Ave and the water is just under it now, with flooding in the houses both sides. Are we on for Wednesday Pam?

hi HW Should be OK for wednesday. I think Shady was thinking of coming too so it should be good to meet you

Oh, I hope she comes, will be fantastic.

Happy Wanderer and Pam Yes I will be there on wednesday. I am so pleased to hear you are high and dry h/w. It will be so good to meet you both. See you wednesday.

(ses filling sandbags) where is this HW

In the next street to me wombat. In the street adjoining the council yards. All safe today. The river is starting to go down slowly and only about 100 or so houses near the river in low lying areas got flooded.

Good to hear you are safe, I'm a silly buggar, when you said "(ses filling sandbags) " I thought you had put up another topic showing pics of the sandbag filling. 

_wombat_ wrote:

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Good to hear you are safe, I'm a silly buggar, when you said "(ses filling sandbags) " I thought you had put up another topic showing pics of the sandbag filling. 

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Put your glasses on Wombat. I also read 'ses' as 'see' first time and then realised it was my eyes. lol

 

funny about that, I had my glasses on 

I was just clarifying that they weren't sandbagging in the street next to me but only filling them there, silly billys. Thank goodness I am not that close to the flooding, I would be having panic attacks by now. Goinsoon, Nurmurkahs not that far from here for Wednesday. Shadyandme lives there and she is coming over.

See you all tomorrow 10am Looking forward to it. The more the merrier.

I can't make it

HW did u c the nymph pics I took across the nulla on Colleen's topic http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=51933&p=3&topicID=40379109&page=2&sort=oldestFirst

-- Edited by _wombat_ on Tuesday 18th of January 2011 07:38:27 PM

I am sitting in a great little seniors caravan park in Mooroopna (Finborough Place) waiting for friends to arrive from Swan Hill I dont know which way they are coming across, so I will just have to sit here until they arrive