Susan helped out at the Nabiac market this morning helping Anna on the stall. She met a few locals and bought a few goodies.
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| Anna and Josie |
I was here hacking out weeds on the tree mounds. I had intended to pack the tent if the weather was clement. However we had 30 mm of rain here today so I did get some practice at digging drainage ditches around the tent in a downpour this afternoon. We had some very heavy showers and the tent stood up well. With the ditches dug I am sure it will be fine it the deluge arrives from the north. Reading online the weather has been severe. 700mm of rain at Gladstone and 120km/h winds forecast for Brisbane tomorrow. I am unsure how far south this weather will propagate. The bureau is forecasting 200mm, maybe. Anyway we will be in a cabin tomorrow night. It will just be a matter of securing the canvas and awaiting the sun. We have a few days i.e. about 10 so I think we should be able to manage to dry it in time.
The weather actually cleared late afternoon and the sky has few clouds now. I took the opportunity to take the push mower to the tree mounds and spend an hour cutting the grass and weeds around them. Susan cooked tea since Anna has taken her daughter to Armidale earlier than scheduled for school. The road apparently gets closed when it rains hard and they didn't want to be stranded.
I have retired the solar panels for the moment due to the cloud. We are running from the mains. This would be one of those times if we didn't have mains where a generator would be required. Either that or not run the laptops at all! God forbid!
That's all the news another early night coming up! It's a very pleasant 24 degrees at 1015pm
night folks
Simon
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