Badger Galore
Staying ‘Up Over’ for a while.
Trauma!
So...yesterday while on another road maintenance check we decided that it might be best to get Tessa's van back down the road ready for her departure a day early. The road was deteriorating quickly with all the run off. Will was going to drive it down and he only just got the van round the dam before it sank up to its axle in mud. We had to call on our neighbour Dave, for assistance to get it out and he had trouble getting up our road to help us. Dave had to pull the bogged van out five times on the very stressful trip down the hill. The worst part was halfway down where a sink hole was developing.
I never thought for one minute that we would get Tessa's van past that bit but we did. Poor Will looked ill when we finally got it to safety. We were all stressed out except Dave. Today Tessa has headed off to Brisbane to continue her trip and we have had to move our cars down to the bottom of the hill via our neighbour's driveway as we can no longer get up our road anymore until we get it repaired and that won't be until it has dried out.
Place of Flowers, Girraween.
So...I was able to take Tessa to Girraween on one of our less wet days recently. We climbed The Pyramid.
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.
