15.10.2022.
Our good working spring weather did not last long. We have just experienced massive rain fall over Victoria, NSW and Tassie that has resulted in biblical style floods! The water came over the bridge on our road and also at the other bridge between us and anywhere. Our nearest town of Yarra Glen is by the Yarra River, and yesterday most of the roads in or out where impassable. The water up with us has gone down but it is still rising in many other towns.
There have been numerous houses filled with flood water and the SES has been busy rescuing people who are trapped. I walked round our land today to survey the damage. The main creek through our place has obviously come right over its banks and several huge manna gums have fallen down when their roots were under mined. All the vegetation by the creek has been covered with silt but my two kangaroo apple plants are on higher ground and have both survived. Luckily our fences seem OK too.
I had to brave the flood water yesterday and meet Al who had work up this way. His wife is too sick to care for their boys so Al has been taking them with him when ever possible. Last week I joined them on a building site so Al was free to work. It absolutely poured with rain and we were soon all soaked to the skin, literally! This week I took the boys to the library and at least we all kept dry.
Our house was mostly OK, but water came down the chimney above the stoves and shorted out some lights. We had buckets and pans out to catch water and towels to soak up the splashes. I am very glad I have my vegetables in raised beds. If I had any at ground level would have been drowned. My tomato seedlings have come up along with some pumpkin and cucumbers, but they are not large enough to plant out yet. Everything is going up in price so this year our home-grown food supply is extra important.
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