New Mitchell Bridge (Qld)

Radar · Guru

New Mitchell Bridge (Qld)

Beth54 · Guru

From a cousin in the district...

Fantastic! It's been over 18 months since the flooding and we've been single lane with lights since then. It will be strange to not have to stop and wait.

http://www.suratbasin.com.au/news/bridge-demolition-teams-move-in-to-bring-down-sir-/1954555/

I would have loved to have gotten out there to see the old one for the last time, but I'm still stuck at home.

Beth54 · Guru

I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't even know they were there, and I've been going out there all my life. Many rellies in the area.

I'll ask about the murals. Maybe they'll just take of the bridge top and keep the pillars.

I'll get back to you on that Radar.

GaryKelly · Guru

I agree, Radar, those morals are great. Every town should have morals I reckon. I hope they can figure out a way to keep them. That would be a fitting moral to the story. :)

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Your tongue is firmly in your cheek, there, GaryKelly!!!!!!!!!

valnrob · Guru

Does that mean you can or can't go there if there aren't any morals ? I didn't see any sign of morals when I was last in Mitchell, which was last year..........sorry. Couldn't help myself :)

Pondy · Senior Member

We will be passing through Mitchell in 3 weeks time on our way to Eveningstar at Charlaville. Will love to see what happened
to those Great Murals. Thank you so much for posting them Radar. First trip back to that area for 30 years,this time a bit more
leasurely than ripping through these towns in the middle of the night on my way to Karumba in a Semi Trailer for a load of prawns!
Now it's time to stop and smell the Rose's
Can't Wait.
Cheers

Radar · Guru

Hi good morning, with the response I got from my photos I thought what are they on about until I got

the brains in to have a look she said spell check didn't work for you.

Like you Pondy I have traveled over that bridge and though Mitchell with out stopping.

I could not come up with a number how many times. I do remember the first time and that was 1974.

I got out of Brisbane the night it was starting to flood to pick up a load of timber at Roma.

On the way out to Toowoomba I noticed there was water laying about in paddocks I was thinking to myself this don't look good. Then more water in Dalby as it was starting to flood. The next morning while I was being loaded the mill worker said me you were lucky to be here and not flood bound out on the road as Dalby was cut off along with a string of other towns I had come though. He added "I don't know how you are going to go south to the border then Sydney to home" Great.

The night I stayed there a the caravan park at the eastern end of the bridge we could here the noise of stock transports

rattling across the bridge for most of the night it was it seemed never ending.

Garykelly I think I will in future send my post to you direct for editing.

Come to think of it, was good value.

GaryKelly · Guru

By the way, Radar, spellcheck only checks words that are misspelled. Moral wasn't misspelled so spellcheck didn't underline it. If you use a word like moral when you really mean mural, spellcheck is useless. But we all knew what you meant, so it dozen madder.

valnrob · Guru

Sorry Radar, Gary Kelly made me do it!

Radar · Guru

To the both of you GaryKelly and ValnRob I did have a laugh at myself. Which is important and a good laugh.

My excuse is I didn't like school, school didn't like, so at 14 years old had a chance I bolted and for most have enjoyed life.

Done some hard and rough times but boy am I laughing now (quietly to myself) when I here about the good ones in

my year at school with all kinds of social problems.

Good day to you both.

valnrob · Guru

Thanks Radar, you sound pretty much like Rob and myself. Rob and school didn't go together much either and yep we've had some hard times and like you we are in the pound seats out travelling and having a great time.

So cheers to ya and keep on keeping on.....

the rocket · Guru

hi, must get out there and see it and have a nice hot swim too

Beth54 · Guru

I was being polite Radar, unlike these other rude bu**ers!

biggrin wink Just as well you didn't take offence.

I haven't heard back from my cousin yet re the destiny of the murals. Probably will tonight. If you know how hard they work on those properties out there, you'll know that there's no time for gabbing til the works done.

As I've mentioned on here before, my Mum was born in Mitchell and had 10 siblings, so there's a lot of cousins out there. The flood was a terrible shock to the community. But country folk are really good at pitching in and with the help of other outside volunteers, they're getting back to normal.

Beth54 · Guru

Just heard back from my cousin...

'No Beth, unfortunately the whole bridge is coming down, murals and all. It is very sad but we need to look forward. I am sure something will be done somewhere.'

So there you go folks. You heard it from a local. Sad but true.