Woke up yesterday with some rain, as it got worst we packed cars with our pre packed bags (photos, guns my snakes etc) I looked over the back fence where we have a drain and it was a foot from our fence line. Went inside to the loo and within 5 minutes the wife said the water was in the back yard. Went out the front and it was a river. Got a call from the bloke across the road to help move an elderly lady to high ground. Had to wake up the ambo who lives next door to help and we drove her to a higher house as she couldn't walk herself. Council guy came down the road and told us we couldn't go anywhere as the road was cut to we had to ride it out. Luckly the rain eased for a bit and within half an hour the water had dropped enough to get out. Made our way up to the council depot at about 0930h and just sat and watched the rain. We felt sure the house went under given the ammount of rain that fell all day but at 1600h ish the levels had droped enough for a neighbour and I to go back and check the houses out. Not a drop in the house! Went back to let the wife know and was told that what we just got that day was going to hit us again that night so we decided to get out of the depot. We ended up getting evacuated in a blackhawk (kids very excited, wife very sick ) to the high school where we spent the night dry and clean. Got released in the morning and went home to a dry house. God knows how we dodged the water but the drain system around us did its job.

Council guys did a fantastic job ferrying people into the depot in the council trucks. SES folk and Fireies were great up at the high school. A couple of SES ladies in their 70's filled 400 sand bags before it all hit

Front yard


Son helping with the evac


Back yard where the drain is

Yo, Bakes !

All the best, my friend. Take care !!!!

Richard of a Frozen Great White North

Thanks Scruffy. Bloody blue sky's here today, you'd never think anything had happened.