Rockhampton will be getting plenty of water for a while to come I would say. It would be intresting to see how people are going. The flood levels are dropping around here but it just keeps raining. We had 20mm on sunday night, 20mm on Monday afternoon and the rain started about 20 minutes ago and I just checked the gauge and it had 22mm in it and its still raining hard. The forcast is for 50 + mm this weekend again with a broad trough moving through eastern Australia. The kids and the dog think it fun but dad is ready for some sunshine.
I went to a meeting this afternoon with alot of the local farmers. It was for flood affected land holders to meet with Tim Mulherin, Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries and Senator Joe Ludwig. Tim Mulherin seemed nice but had no idea about the realities of life and Joe Ludwig was just an arrogant politician that liked listening to his own voice. Gee!! What a suprise. At least they came and visited us I guess. I hope they have some intrest in fisheries because they didn't seem to worried about any issues primary industries had. Its sad because when you hear the stories of depression taking people down a dark road and some to a worse place you wonder if they really get the impacts of these events on people, and not just farmers.
I have been watching the news each night when they show all the flooding and am amazed at the scale of rainfall and the areas affected. Then you see damage and water thru peoples houses and it makes you sad. It seems like most things you can handle but water thru your home must be very hard to handle. I know its the main thing that concerns me.
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