Rainy days

Unseasonal balmy wet weather has made life a little more interesting than usual. My regular trip to town of late has been through this stuff, 40kms of it. I would say I am working with the council on rectifying this ongoing issue, however lets not let that get in the "road" of a good story...

 Our trip was tied in with a quick boys adventure for my husband to see the Reds play, by all accounts a great game....

I on the other hand had dinner with family, followed by an early night, only to be woken by heavy rain. A quick check of the Rain Radar app showed quite significant rainfall from home to town.....I momentarily thought of making a midnight trip to home. This kind of act is not normally advisable when the road is dry let alone after 4 days of wet weather. Having had vehicle convoys chew up the road and the regular tourist traffic I decided to wait until morning.

A quick detour to the airport, we then hit the road home expecting it to be the normal 2 hour drive. After driving through water, sheeted across the bitumen, our first creek was in minor flooding, the second not a problem, 3rd and 4th made us start considering the 5th......at .4 and knowing that there had been up to 125mm upstream we think we hit it while it was still rising. This creek is known locally for its quick flow with tidal influences downstream I didn't even think to have a tide timetable book in the car. (Note to self check for an app!) Oh I am back in love with my technology too, surprisingly we could get 3G service!

So with a car full of groceries, thoughts about our next feed wasn't an issue, grateful for the cooked chook and fresh loaf of bread, along with the Harvey Norman catalogue acting as a substitute cutting board,

this passed at least 1/2 an hour of our 6 hour wait.

In 6 hours you have lots of time to ponder a strategy. We decided to see the neighbour (who also happens to be a distant cousin of mine) as to their opinion. After a coffee and a chat we went back to check our marker.....

I guess the tide was in, it didn't much drop in those two hours leaving us stranded and taking up the offer of their generous hospitality for the night.

We made the right decision, only to arrive home this morning to this. Water, water everywhere.

This is all positive, we know it can happen but hadn't anticipated it this year. I am looking forward to having a rethink about grazing strategy for the next 6 months!