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Well we travelled from Hervey Bay to Yeppon today. We used to live in Yeppon several years ago. A beautiful spot on the water with a lovely seabreeze and always a few degrees cooler than inland. It is quite warm today, low 30's and some humidity. A storm front is supposed to move through and break the humidity. Pictures to come. You can see the levels and the year of the flood, river is off to the left.
It would normally taken much less time but we had a lot of stops due to road repairs. The roads have been damaged, and in some cases washed away by the flooding. You can see evidence of it everywhere. Creeks are still flowing like rivers and trees are partially submerged. I can't imagine what it was like a full flood. Fences look like clotheslines with grass and debris hanging from them. Large grooves are carved into the hills and roadsides from the torrents of water. We saw a boat that had been washed up against a building.
As I said before flooding is not unusual in Australia, although. these floods covered a larger area than normal.
Enclosed is a picture of a building on the Mary River in Maryborough, it shows the floods from years gone by. Apparently the latest flood did not come near to the highest one.
Also are a few pictures of a very common site in Oz, showing flood levels for low lying roadways. When we were up north, we routinely drove over roads which were submerged. It was like driving across a river, you had to make sure that your vehicle could clear the water (hence the markers).
I took the flood signs, which is why they are crooked.
Kim and Dan
Just to keep you updated, Wayne and Linda who you met at Jennifer's wedding (Wayne was the best man) report that no damage to their house in Christchurch just some damage to items that fell inside. They are however personally shattered and not sleeping due to the aftershocks. Jen and Simon have invited them up to Adelaide for a week for R&R. How's your research on that wine question I posed? Is Dan still with you?
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