Wayne Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Guys, Watching the news about the floods in Australia, I was wondering how all of our aussie friends are doing? It looks as if it is going to be as costly as the big fires the other year :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen56 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 gday mate ,were about 1 and a half hours from brisbane ,amazeing amount of water going through there ,you may have seen footage of toowoomba and surrounding towns this is were where they were caught totaly by surprise,they say a seven to eight metre wall of water went through, some small towns were completely wiped out(tragically searching for folk in the area still a huge amount missing)gympie the place we live close to had local lo lying flooding the river reached its peak 2 days ago at 19.3 metres it flooded some housing and about 40 bussiness went under ,but its receding at the present moment,like a huge amount of communities up here we are cut off with the road under north and south,this is affecting 75 percent of queensland and will take years to get back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Best of luck to all our Aussie mates. Makes our -40 degree temps seem insignificant right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Ya'll are in my thoughts and prayers. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 You guys need some better flotation on that continent of yours. It looks like one side is sinking into the ocean. Be safe, and I hope it doesn't get any worse for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen56 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 yes you maybe right gundoc,down in victoria is copping flooding as well,the world keeps on turning,seeya :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjh66 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Gday everyone. My heart goes out to any that got hit with this flood. We were lucy my shed had about 4 foot of water through it so got to dry & clean everything in it (20' x 40' shed). Oil & mud through it. Welder, grinders, motors, blacsmith tools, machineing tools, ect all the things we have in a shed. But as I said we were lucky if it got another 10" higher it would have come through our house. My parents are at Forrest Hill in the Lockyer Valley & I have spent the last couple of day there cleaning mud out of thier house but still they are lucky too they got air lifted out on Teusday before it hit the house and it seems that they have only lost some cupboards, books, floor coverings. And a lot of sleep lol as we have. I saw a shot of where a brick house was & only the concret slab is now left. They said on the news Just before that they found a body 80Km down stream from where they went missing. Thinking of any caught up in this mess all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen56 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 gday pjh66,mate hope things are ok now your way,all the best to your folks ,they copped it big time in the lockyer valley,a lot of heartbreak the last few weeks ,take care mate (will have to catch up 1 day) ,glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_edge2 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Best of luck to all our Aussie mates. Makes our -40 degree temps seem insignificant right now... oh...swapya!....all this lovely water for some cool...lol....gladly have to forge with ice skates on..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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