Badger Galore
Staying ‘Up Over’ for a while.
Too wet!
So...the other day we had nearly another 100 mms of rain in one day on top of the various other showers which we have been having over the last fortnight. The ground is sodden and water is running off the hills all around us. We have been trying hard to stop the road up to the house from washing away due to the steeper sections and have been pretty successful overall but some sections are looking dodgy. The dam has continued to rise and is less than a foot below the overflow channel. Will has never seen it so high. The bridge down at Glen Aplin was once again briefly flooded by the River Severn meaning Will had to make a long detour to work. It is interesting to note that exactly a year ago we were in a panic about the bush fire just over the hill.
Busy times!
So...this weekend we are in Brisbane again to see Hannah Gadsby tonight. It is very humid here but overcast and further storms are predicted later.
With the return of 'La Niña' for a second consecutive year it does not look like the endlessly cloudy and rainy weather is going away yet.
The ground at home is sodden and squelching under foot but I guess it is better than when it was crackling during the drought. We should be glad our tanks are full and the dam is still rising.
In recent days we have been busy finishing repairs to Frogknot and cleaning and making it ready for guests, first Maree and Lolly and at present Tessa.
We have seen little of the fox in recent days but all the chooks are safely fenced in down near the house these days, in a kind of safety quarantine.
Sadly our three Grey Shrike Thrush chicks disappeared over a couple of days before they fledged. Something must have discovered them and taken them.
100 mms!
So...we have had a lot of rain in the last few days, just short of 100 mms in all. All our tanks are overflowing (35,000 litres) and the dam has just reached its highest level ever and is hopefully still rising. Water is running off the hill behind us and the garden is sodden.
Yesterday Quart Pot Creek in town flooded over quite a few bridge crossings and the Severn River in Glen Aplin, just down the road, rose over the bridge on Mt Stirling Road. Luckily Will had the day off so didn't have to negotiate all the diversions because of blocked roads to get to work. We went out and did some work, clearing fallen trees off the road and also diverting 'run off' to try and limit damage to the road.
A year and a half ago everything was bone dry because of the prolonged drought and now we have more water than we need or can collect. The 85 mms we got in one night on Wednesday broke the record set 140 years ago for the most rain during November.
Despite the droughts, the terrible bush fires and the devastating floods the Government here lags behind the rest of the World in its duty to combat climate change and still fights to protect and maintain the coal mining industry because of the jobs it provides. Yep, just like most countries in the World the leaders are a bunch of idiots.
