ashman
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I had plans to ride up to Townville with a few mates its a 15 hour run up the Queensland coast from my home town of Brisbane but plans have been shelved as in the last day or so they have copped 1m of rain that just over 3 foot in the old messurements, thats rain and they are expecting another 1m of rain and here is the rest of the state is in total drought, not only our state but the rest of out country as well, it is the Norths wet season but all records are being broken, their dams are over flowing and today they are evacuating more than 20,000 homes in low areas that could go under in its way.
The main road to the top end has been cut in a few places, transport has come to a hault heading north and south and a state of emergency has been declared up there, the most rain in a 100 years of keeping records.
All the lovely rain water that we need so bad will just be flush out to sea, what caused all this rain was 2 Cyclones in the last month that crossed the North from the Gulf and my cousin who has a cattle property up on the Western side of Cape York where both Cyclones come across will be stranded for at lease 3 month with only the mail plane to get things in or out, but they are use to it, once the rivers rise they can't get out by 4x4 or trucks and the ground will take months to dry out.
Anyway hope all my friends who live up in Townsville are keeping their heads above water.
Ashley
The main road to the top end has been cut in a few places, transport has come to a hault heading north and south and a state of emergency has been declared up there, the most rain in a 100 years of keeping records.
All the lovely rain water that we need so bad will just be flush out to sea, what caused all this rain was 2 Cyclones in the last month that crossed the North from the Gulf and my cousin who has a cattle property up on the Western side of Cape York where both Cyclones come across will be stranded for at lease 3 month with only the mail plane to get things in or out, but they are use to it, once the rivers rise they can't get out by 4x4 or trucks and the ground will take months to dry out.
Anyway hope all my friends who live up in Townsville are keeping their heads above water.
Ashley