Annie's Blog

Much rain lately has been causing chaos in Brisbane and surrounds ...again! Flooding in various coastal rivers expected.. Prayers that the rain influence will retreat out to sea soon !! Prayers for those people who have just finished cleaning up, or not even finished yet, after the previous rain influence...a few weeks ago. Those in the Lockyer valley, and Laidley, Gympie, and Bundaberg are expecting more flooding from the last days Heavy rain. Unwanted, and what we mere mortals thinks as unneeded rain, especially when there are people around who are badly needing rain in our own country here, the monsoon having seemed to have missed northern Australia, although of course there is still some time for it to make its presence felt. As in another cyclone is approaching Australia from the west! Here is hoping it doesn't float across the country towards this part of the world!!

stuck at the beach with the grandkids, because of an excess abundance of rain, floods, and lack of transport..no trains buses until at least Wednesday. According to the neighbor at home they had no power early this morning,  so I will certainly enjoy cleaning out the fridge when I finally get back..not!  ...assuming the trains start again soon! I hope Keith got out of town OK. He was playing at his home town of Caboolture the other night, I read in the paper when I was having a coffee waiting for the bus at Landsborough on the way up on Friday!! I think he was supposed to be meeting Nicole (Kidman) somewhere, probably at her parents in Sydney! no trains... no buses... poor Roger didn't make the final.. I'll just have to enjoy the scenery up here...the Buckinghamia are looking pretty good. Some of them were a little knocked around after the high winds...but generally not too bad. I wonder if anything will be left of mine when I get home! Or ...

This week it has rained rained rained...I think I have already said that this week a couple of times! For many in southern Queensland, it has meant floods floods floods. One town out west, Charleville, has had their second flood in as many days....but I don't think anyone anywhere will be complaining, as it means the end (we hope) of the decade long drought for many...and the men on the land will probably cheering loudest. With the people of Brisbane (and others) close behind, because it has meant that our dams are now at 85% ...and probably rising! The view above is to the NORTH past Mt Cootha and looking towards the city.... this is to the SOUTH (my favorite view, from my back verandah) and looking towards the mountains...the Great Dividing Range. An anomaly of the recent rains and drought is that Toowoomba, our fair city on the top of the Great Divide up there , has its dams at only TEN PERCENT...despite all the rain! A pipeline has been built from our dams up the range to alle...