Australia Day Weekend Weather

[hotboostgt]

Kenilworth homestead trip canned as right on the Mary river .
So will reschedule another weekend. Not complaining about the rain as I'm pumping all the water to my holding tanks. Cheers throw a chop on the BBQ

[Chris-Vi]

Rain is just getting heavier here. Glad we hadn't planned a weekend get away. Feel sorry for those that had. Going to sit tight and grab some movies and popcorn. All the gutters are cleaned out. Not much more we can do. The family room was full of ants this morming. Be safe everyone. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY. 

[Rumpig]

Rain has been pretty constant this morning in Gympie, wasn't raining when I woke but for the last couple of hours it hasn't stopped. Had about 120mm in the last 24 hrs here.
Looks like a good day to go to the movies to me

[britts]

Traveled up to coffs from the central coast this morning a couple of small showers on the way but sitting at nana glen at the inlaws no rain but plenty of humidity, they even want me to mow the lawn.

[Coolblue80]

We've had over 700mm over the last fews days. Flood alerts out for Boyne Is. & Tanunm Sands. Awonga dam is running at about 4.5m over the wall. Countless roads flooded & damaged. Friends of ours about 50k's away have had 1500mm since this all started. Can't go north, south or west.
Looks like my roof is leaking in a few spots & have water damage to the gyprock ceiling in about 8 spots. Insurance claim coming up. First one ever.
Other than that everything is just peachy.
Cheers, Mike.

[KingBilly]

Just starting to get heavy rain in Warwick.  So glad I'm not on the blacksoil at Gordon Country.  May have been stuck there a week or more.  Hang on, that may have been a good thing 

KB

[jeeps]

Hope everyone stays safe on the roads! I saw a lot of camper trailers heading out yesterday so good luck to them! On the brightside my vegie garden is going nuts, on the downside i'll have lots of mowing to do next week...

cheers

[Jeepers Creepers]

Looks like we'll be making a claim to Clubmarine on Tuesday for damage to the boat.     

The port hole window in the bathroom has leaked and wet a perfectly good toilet roll that was sitting on the vanity bench top.
Unless i can unroll it and dry it out and reroll it again, the sh!ts gunna hit the fan when i ring the insurance mob.

[Kit_e_kat9]

Looks like we'll be making a claim to Clubmarine on Tuesday for damage to the boat.     

The port hole window in the bathroom has leaked and wet a perfectly good toilet roll that was sitting on the vanity bench top.
Unless i can unroll it and dry it out and reroll it again, the sh!ts gunna hit the fan when i ring the insurance mob.

I wanna see you roll it out and give it a good dry and then roll it up again trying to get all the sides back and matching - looking like a bought one that is.  I mean, what else are you going to do now that you have no work due to the rain.



Kit_e

[KingBilly]

I mean, what else are you going to do now that you have no work due to the rain.
Kit_e

Give it a week and old Jeepers won't know what hit him.  Money, money, money (you know the tune) 

KB

[tanz]

Hi all

Here in bundy we haved had showers  starting from wednesday night hasnt stopped drizzling tipped out over 250mm out of the gauge so far over the two days and dosnt look like letting up any time soon not bad for a shower,

I hate to tell anyone south of here to sydney, going by the radar ect every one is going to have a very wet long weekend ,so it looks like a lot of for the weekend.

ehsc

We were booked in to camp at Bundy, changed the plans when it got too wet and booked alternate accomodation on Thursday. Then all the roads are cut, can't even get to Rocky by the road warnings, having over 500mm rain locally so far. Now we're stuck at home, not happy.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Give it a week and old Jeepers won't know what hit him.  Money, money, money (you know the tune) 

KB

Yep, this is like watching $100 notes falling from the sky. Just went and fitted new blades to the mowers.
Drove past a clients place this morning that i hit with a lawn treatment last thursday.......
This ones gunna be a weekly job now

I'm getting that excited i just got a stiffy. 

I might have to go have a tablet and a little lie down.

[Swannie]

Suns out a torquay, sitting listening to the top 100 aussie songs, drinking beer in the sunshine, reading Myswag while the kids surf.  It doesn't get much better than this 
Swannie

[carinya]

So glad we postponed the trip to Maroochydore.  55mm yesterday, and storms there right now.  I would have got bogged on the grass I reckon.

[Rumpig]

A tornado has hit Bagara and another reported at Burnett Heads, not good for people in those parts.

[Kit_e_kat9]

This just in from BOM  ... please visit Higgins Storm Chasing on UTube for a live report (love those guys).  Here is the LINK

Kit_e

SEVERE WEATHER WARNING

for DESTRUCTIVE WINDS, HEAVY RAINFALL, ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES and DANGEROUS SURF

For people in the
Wide Bay and Burnett,
Southeast Coast and parts of the
Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.


Issued at 3:21 pm Saturday, 26 January 2013.



We have received reports of a tornado occurring through Bargara (near Bundaberg) at around 1pm. Another report has been received of a second tornado near the Burnett Heads/Bargara area at 3pm.

[bullfrog]

Hope all the Swaggers on the Bundy Coast are OK, there are a few living up that way. Take care folks.

[ehsc]

Still raining here in bundy had over 150mm today thats over 400mm for the last two days .Just had to raid the camper for rechargable light and a couple of butane cookers as we lost power about a hour ago . two tornados have hit coastal areas with pleanty of damage i believe a third tornado whent though the suburb of avenell hieghts a short time ago i would say thats what happened to the power , also just saw the nieghbour picking up solar pannels from his back yard not that any houses around us has solar so i suppose somebody is going to miss then .

so it sure is a great long weekend rain rain is not that bad just the wind it has been blowing its arse off for days , cant realy complain as long as the roof dosnt blow off the rum factory all will be fine .

Hope every body sth of here has no dramas and all travel safe on the roads .


ehsc

[Top.ender]

sun , sun and more sun in the west..    

[Rumpig]

two tornados have hit coastal areas with pleanty of damage i believe a third tornado whent though the suburb of avenell hieghts a short time ago

there's been 5 confirmed tornados so far last i read

[SteveandViv]

That is crazy and we are having none of that here. We are dry, hot Humid and it sucks. Ave rain 180mm we've had 120. 

[Jeepers Creepers]

We've had lots of wind and a shipload of rain over night.

It just went really quiet a few minutes a go.... a kind of quiet before the storm sort of thing.

Nah, its all back on again... haven't checked the rain gauge yet, but weatherzone are saying we've had 210mm since 9am yesterday.

[speewa158]

There is talk on the news of 500MM of rain to come in the next 24 hours in S/E QLD . What do you do with that much water . Good Luck Out there Stay safe 

[oldmate]

. What do you do with that much water .   

All we can do is try and stay dry mate. I'm on the goldie and it is not too bad here yet, but will see what happens today. My garage will flood again as normal I think

[Hairs]

What do you do with that much water   

Turn it into beer and drink it