Yesterday's storm

[damian]

Had to divert a bit on the way to work. Brisbane river is up about 15 - 18 feet at the Mt Crosby weir and of course colleges is under. Everytime someone sneezes colleges goes under

The water isn't comming from wivenhoe, apparently it's runoff downstream of the dams. If 10" does this can't wait till we get some serious downpours....

[mic-d]

Our pony club didn't do so well. We lost most of our jump poles, they're probably floating down the river now and two horse floats were washed onto their sides, why are they called floats? Still don't know if the arena is where we left it. And another storm on the way now.

Cheers
Michael

[weisyboy]

we mised the bad storm on sunday here althow i drove from gold coast to brisbane in it all the way.

when i got right up to brookfield i had to stop adn the wind was strong it was rocking the ute almost rolling us over. i parked in the middle of the local show grounds away from all the trees.

we got 9" rain last night braught the creeks up really quick. lots of mising fences and 3 mising horses form next door.

the creeks were within 18" of the 1974 flood height. but went down quick.

[mic-d]

Seems horse floats do float... for a while. The far one's about 50m from where it was parked


Cheers
Michael

[weisyboy]

they sure do we have pulled 3 out of the creek up here.

one was warped around a tree so tight i had to cut the free and pull the lot out. its going to the scrap metal yard.

[mic-d]

they sure do we have pulled 3 out of the creek up here.
one was warped around a tree so tight i had to cut the free and pull the lot out. its going to the scrap metal yard.

hehe, good excuse to cut a tree down!

Cheers
Michael

[weisyboy]

pitty it was only a wattle.

[dai sensei]

pitty it was only a wattle.

Wattle is usually a beautiful timber, was it too small to use?

[tea lady]

Without hijacking this thread, I'd thought I'd post a picture of my aquaponics system to explain my earlier comments. It's like hydroponics except fish waste provides the nutrients. So you get to eat fish and veges. I have Silver Perch but friends have Barra, Trout, Murray Cod etc.

Hey! I've read about that. Looks really cool. RIP fish though.

Heard the report about Norfolk Island pines comng down at Scarborough, and all i could think was wood............ I am a shallow shallow person.

[weisyboy]

yep and i saw them being blocked up on tv tonight.

what a colossal waste of timber.

[Sleeping Dog]

A few pics from around my yard last Sunday.

Guanaba - eastern foothills of Tamborine Mtn. No damage, except the bird netting over the veggie garden is trashed, and the Fig tree mentioned in the milling forum.

Sleepy

[tea lady]

We're supposd to get snow on the alps tommorrow. Isn't weather wonderful?

[Bluegum]

I thought I was seeing things when I emtied the rain gauge out on Thurs morning. 245mm just didn't seem right, but there it was. The new bridge buit at the 3 mile creek was a metre underwater and it was built about 3 metres higher than the old wooden bridge that it replaced. The Bremer river in town was lapping over the road and rising.

[AlexS]

Munro's Law. (After Prof. Crawford Munro, Hydrologist)
If you've had a flood, you'll have a bigger one.