Gidday Beautiful.
I guess you have been wondering what has been going on here in Yeronga.
Only last week, we were thinking that there was an awful lot of rain. . . . after 10 years of drought and trying to keep everything alive . . . we found ourselves wondering if the Roo dam would now survive so much water . . . . but never imagining that we would be soon experiencing the devastating floods.
However, we have been soooooooooo lucky.
We moved out Tutu and Poppas down stairs things to our house and then when we heard that the floods were expecting to be at least a meter higher than in 1974, we returned and lifted everything upstairs, as high as we could.
Kurt passed by and bought Body and Dayn back to help Poppa & Tutu move the Billiard table. We were all so appreciative of their help. That is something we have noticed throughout . . .the way everyone has been helpful.
It was hard to imagine what was to come . . . the water just rose higher and higher . . .very quietly. Sabs house went under . . . Arron is arriving in the morning and we intend to go there tomorrow, to help clean up.
I have placed some pictures on my BLOG. I have not taken many of the devastation everywhere, as people are feeling very raw and working so hard to remove all the mud, that they do not appreciate someone walking around taking pictures. . . .and I don't blame them.
Something that is hard to explain, is the smell. As I sit here the stagnant, rotten smell clings to the back of my throat. The rubbish has not been emptied in two weeks and the mud is a foot deep.
One amazing thing is the speed with which people have appeared to help and clean up. truly a miracle. Will send some more pics after tommorrow.
Hope you are still having a great time . . .LOVE your BLOG xxxxx
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