Batten Down and take care - Qld

brickies · Guru

RE: Batten Down and take care - Qld

Bruce and Bev · Guru

good luck to all the QLDers and our Nomad family in the forthcoming days - be safe and just ake your biggest moan is that your flip flops floated away:)

Its a real pity all this wet weather isn't getting far enough to inland QLD to help all the drought affected farmers.

In WA, wed be happy with just some decent rain, both on the coast and in the wheat belt area where it is so dry from lack of rain

Joe50 · Guru

Thanks all for your thoughts and well wishes. Things are still pretty quiet at 11.30pm but no doubt will intensify tomorrow.

Cheers
Joe

sandsmere · Guru

Thanks Phillip, I did mean North. Changed now. smile

Big Gorilla · Guru

This is the latest. Now expected to cross coast near St. Lawrence at 9 a.m. this morning.

sandsmere · Guru

Has crossed the coast at Stanage Bay just north of Shoalwater bay. 50mkms or so north of Rockhampton.

I feel for the people of Stanage a very small town and great fishing spot.

Now for the flood rains. cry

Happywanderer · The Master

Blue Skies in Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Maryborough at the moment. Might not last long that way.

Dunmowin · Guru

as at 8.00am (Qld time)

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Dunmowin · Guru

as at 9.00 am Qld Time and 10.00 am Qld Time

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-- Edited by Dunmowin on Friday 20th of February 2015 11:32:22 AM

Gerty Dancer · Guru

So scary... hope all of folk up there are ok. Sheba is there, best wishes to you, stay safe. I have family there too, haven't heard from them today, hope that's because they are busy battening down.

Pejay · Guru

What lovely weather for ducks! Seriously though we have been having continuous rain since yesterday, and guess it will continue for a couple more days. The jetty here on Bribie Island has been closed by the authorities and there is minor flooding along the passage due to the high tide. Don't think we will venture over to the beach side though. For everyone in both Qld and northern NSW please take care.

Edit: from 6am yesterday (Thursday) to 5.30am this morning (Fri) we had 90mls, and now to 11.50am we have had another 52ml. Methinks we are for more to come.

-- Edited by Pejay on Friday 20th of February 2015 12:54:21 PM

Krusty · Senior Member

I'm in Agnes on a bush block with a Shouse. Well wooded (I'm clear from trees though) and

Krusty · Senior Member

Oops, again. Should get hit but prepared. Everyone in its path as well take care. Krusty

sandsmere · Guru

Steady rain and some wind all night at Hivesville. Rain has now stopped and wind has died down.

We had 93mls rain overnight and might get a shower or two today, but I think we have seen the last

of Marcia here.

Hope the coastal areas don't get hit too hard.

Dunmowin, you should have some water in those dams now.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Sandsmere -thanks for info re Hivesville - thought you were joking when you posted it first - haaahaaa!

Raining steadily in the northern suburbs of Brisbane -lucky for us not parked on grass.

Dunmowin · Guru

sandsmere wrote:
Steady rain and some wind all night at Hivesville. Rain has now stopped and wind has died down.
We had 93mls rain overnight and might get a shower or two today, but I think we have seen the last
of Marcia here.
Hope the coastal areas don't get hit too hard.
Dunmowin, you should have some water in those dams now.

View from the house, yes, one of the dams is full, the big one still has a long way to go. We have to walk up the hill to see our cows this morning, owner told us not to even take the 4WD up. We had 67 ml overnight - thought there would have been more.

Jenzarl · Senior Member

We have had over 300mls since this event started on Thursday with moderate flooding in the usual suspect but mostly below minor.

In Maroochydore it will spill over onto roads at High Tide but it will often do that with a High tide

Dunmowin · Guru

Has anyone heard from Sheba yet? Where exactly is she?

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Sheba is at Emu Park(?)- MyVan is in Gracemere - will try and contact them today.

Has not stopped raining since early last night! We are on Strathpine Road, very busy, very,very wet - and still there are idiots out there speeding!

Ame25 · Senior Member

Dunmowin wrote:
Has anyone heard from Sheba yet? Where exactly is she?

Hi Dunmowin Sheba lives just outside Yeppoon and My Van lives at Gracemere just out of Rocky. Hope they are both safe and haven't sustained too much damage. Colleen

PeterS · Veteran Member

We live in Albany Creek and had 220mm yesterday & about 50mm so far today. It should pass over us by 13:00 or so today!!

Here's hoping!!

Cruising Cruze · Guru

@ PeterS

Maybe you are just as lucky as us In Hervey Bay
Nothing special beside a bit more wind
We woke up again like yesterday with full sunshine
I must say we had a bit of rain overnight

Cheers John

Happywanderer · The Master

I txt Sheba earlier with no reply. She did have some grey nomads staying there the other day. I think Onto and Joe with numbers after their names.
I did read on one of facebook emergency pages Telstra was allowing free use of their phone boxes as all other communications were out. Guessing they have no phone or internet.

Peterpan · Guru

I PM'd Sheba on the 22nd. Still haven't had a reply. Parts of Lakes Creek road were flooded, but more and more are being opened for

traffic. I see MY Van has posted, so he seems to be ok. Bit worried about Sheba's no reply tough.

Kevin

-- Edited by Peterpan on Sunday 22nd of February 2015 04:47:59 PM

Dunmowin · Guru

Yes, I hope sheba is OK.

Sandsmere, we went for a drive to Hivesville, thought the markets were on today, but perhaps we missed out. Saw a shed with a caravan, then realised there were lots of blocks with sheds with caravans. biggrin biggrin which one is you? Big round trip Murgon to Hivesville via Silverleaf, back through Wondai, then up to Boat Mt and home to Manyung. Only one road with water over the road. All creeks running well, area is beautifully green.

sandsmere · Guru

G'day Dunmowin,

Sorry we missed you. the markets were cancelled because of the weather.

We have a green steel shed with 2 roller doors at the front and a 3 metre awning down the RH side.

Also an orange container and a small garden shed.

The van is parked in front of the shed.

In the area about 200 metres behind the pub.

Joe50 · Guru

Thanks for your thoughts and good wishes. We survived relatively unscathed despite the carnage of downed trees and broken limbs and branches surrounding us. My Hino suffered a broken window, dented awning housing and smashed solar panel, but there were plenty of near misses so I think I got out of it fairly lightly. Still no power but mobile phones and wireless internet were restored late yesterday. Both Sheba and Peter & Sue (Ontos45) are fine.

Cheers
Joe

Sheba · Guru

Thanks for your concern every-one. As you can see, You're not rid of me yet. biggrin biggrin biggrin We are all OK here, Joe50, Ontos45, and myself. Power just came on here tonight a couple of hours ago now. Have had none since last Friday. Therefore, no water, and no phones or internet either. Didn't have reception for Mobiles most of that time too. Sent a couple of messages from the top of the hill at the Emu Park Golf Course. Often seem to manage reception there, when you can't get out elsewhere.

As I've said elsewhere, we had minimal damage here, [if you don't count the number of trees massacred] compared to what happened to others.

Needed traffic lights here some-times, there were so many people coming to check on us all. Police, SES, Red Cross, Fieries, Excell Care, Ergon, and a couple more , but I can't remember what they were called. Sometimes they came twice a day. They were from all over Qld. I think the only ones we didn't see were the Army.

So thanks again,

Cheers,

Sheba.