The resident weather man advising of the impending arrival of the monsoons had me motivated to be organised, a day in advance to make it to our planned 3 day trip to Caloundra.
He was flat out finishing dry weather jobs and I was thinking all this rushing would chase the monsoons away, of course I was wrong. By Wednesday afternoon the rain had set in and I was trying to secure what I could, including my new much loved hen house or the "Taj Mahen".
Thursday morning, after measuring 84mm, the chooks and dog were sorted, car fuelled, threw the bags in the car and journeyed down the road, notorious in our region for being a terrible road, I was pleased to have my companion with me in the drivers seat.
The trip was fortunately uneventful but over the next 24 hours we decided to cancel our trip south due to wild weather and an early morning phone call from a family suggesting we "abort, abort". At times I think they forget we are adults, but obviously they had our best interests at heart. A couple of nights and Mum & Dad's...a kind of resort in itself!
We also promised the kids we would go somewhere for a couple of nights and the fact that we were unable to get home made that possible. Seaspray Resort at Zilzie Beach is a favourite of ours...
5 days later we made our way home.
We missed all the big water, another blessing and so pleased at how well the road has held up...perhaps my complaining to the council has been effective.
Only to arrive home to find one of my garden trees asunder. As it fell it has avoided the tap and the tractor sprinkler...and most importantly the house!
A venture out to the steer paddocks has seen how big it got, see the line of trash.
The steers will now spend a few weeks up in the timber but they will poke back out when they are ready...
And as for the breeder paddocks, a bit of a rethink on grazing management has enabled us to run the cows in the timber and rest the plain.
And now we have to make a call on the weaning....discussions are impending but calves are looking happy and healthy.
Approximately 300mm, give or take some was the end tally. Very pleased and grateful to receive the rain, better late than never!
Pleased you were able to make the most of a bad (GOOD) situation Trude. We had a similar amount of rain here, just sit back and watch the grass grow now. Hope everything's going well back in the classroom.
ReplyDeletethe place looks great, as does the cattle! Are they flood plains Trudy (I will have to get out the map book!)
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures Trude. The country will look beautiful is a few short weeks. Your flood plain is stunning!
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