Hi folks,
A short blog tonight from the dry confines of a cabin on the farm. We had around 80mm of rain overnight and today. The ground is slowly becoming saturated. Our tent is dry inside apart from some minor leaks around the floor seam. However everything is damp. There is little breeze and just dull overcast with rain. I noticed how damp everything was when I transferred it to the cabin late this afternoon.
We elected to tidy up the store room today as an inside job out of the rain, well mostly. We emptied one shelving unit in which the particle board was quite dilapidated and with one upright showing white ant attack. Susan left me to strip the old wood out and replace the shelves and went inside the house to organise the pantry. The lowlight was when I took off the top shelf and poured all the dirt and rodent pooh over myself. The shelving took a couple of hours but turned out OK. It is very sturdy and not too ugly. The pantry looks immaculate. By the time I went to Nabiac to get take away from the shop that was closed it was 720pm. Susan knocked up some cheese and tuna on Turkish bread. We then completed the settling in and have a day off tomorrow which we will probably spend watching the rain!
I watched the ABC news tonight. The floods in Queensland are crazy. It is affecting areas we spent quite a bit of time in this time out. Hopefully all our friends will be safe and sound with limited damage. Couple of notable 24 hour rainfall figures. Kilkivan where we camped overnight in the rain 326mm in 24 hours and Gympie 234 mm in 24 hours. That is serious rain.
Anyway tonight we are dry and have power. Hopefully the winds will be moderate tomorrow. I am not too much worried about the rain and the camper although if it goes on and on then mould might be a problem. High winds have the potential to do some damage. However my analysis is that the weather is easing (famous last words)
Night folks
Simon
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