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HarleyB · 02-15-2011, 05:55 PM

Thanks for those kind thoughts Neil.
The past few months here have been surreal. As it rained and rained during December we watched in disbelief as an area of Queensland bigger than France and Germany combined disappeared under flood waters.
In January the focus shifted south to my part of the state and after 3 days of rain where almost 500mm fell I sat exhausted with blisters on my hands from trying to keep the water out of my house and saw the devasting inland tsunami that destroyed so many lives and homes in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. In an instant I had forgotten the pain of my sore hands and aching back.
Over the next few days many 1000s of homes and businesses were flooded in Brisbane and the water made it's way to the ocean. Next in Far North Queensland was Cyclone Yasi a massive category 5 cyclone as big as Hurricane Katrina. Would it ever end? Most of my state (which is HUGE) was declared a Natural Disaster area.
Of course at the same time parts of New South Wales and Victoria were also flooded and now Western Australia is suffering from dangerous bush fires. Oh if only we could send them some of our rain!

Thanks for posting the 'I am Australian' clip - I love that song - it always makes me so proud to be an Australian.

02-15-2011, 05:55 PM	#2
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	Thanks for those kind thoughts Neil. The past few months here have been surreal. As it rained and rained during December we watched in disbelief as an area of Queensland bigger than France and Germany combined disappeared under flood waters. In January the focus shifted south to my part of the state and after 3 days of rain where almost 500mm fell I sat exhausted with blisters on my hands from trying to keep the water out of my house and saw the devasting inland tsunami that destroyed so many lives and homes in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. In an instant I had forgotten the pain of my sore hands and aching back. Over the next few days many 1000s of homes and businesses were flooded in Brisbane and the water made it's way to the ocean. Next in Far North Queensland was Cyclone Yasi a massive category 5 cyclone as big as Hurricane Katrina. Would it ever end? Most of my state (which is HUGE) was declared a Natural Disaster area. Of course at the same time parts of New South Wales and Victoria were also flooded and now Western Australia is suffering from dangerous bush fires. Oh if only we could send them some of our rain! Thanks for posting the 'I am Australian' clip - I love that song - it always makes me so proud to be an Australian.