Friday, January 21, 2011

Home - Safe and Sound........

Hey all, 

Well, what a nightmare.  We were up at Kingaroy getting some much needed R&R for a week.  Was great to just relax and not do anything for a bit.  We tried to go to Dalby to have a look at Mike's 10.5SS and to catch up with some ex govites living there but the road was cut....

When it was time to go back to Brisbane, we made Nanango (just down  the road) and had to turn back - twice - due to water over the road.  We were in an XR6, these do not look like a 4wd at all not that they were letting them through either.  Well, we made it through on the Monday via a back road around a back road and back onto the highway right until we got past the town of Blackbut - landslide across the road - 2 days minimum to clear.  A quick look at the maps and we decided to backtrack to Yarraman and headed for Toowoomba.  Just our luck (And what luck) we came across a road closure, that is, they were in the proc ess of closing the road just as we pulled up.  about 1/2 hour later, they re-opened it for 4wd and trucks, and 15 mins later for cars.  We were the first 2wd across - water was still deep.  On the outskirts of Toowoomba, a small rock slide blocked the two outgoing lanes forcing the inbound lanes to merge into one, another 5 min delay...  Well, we came around the corner to a devestating scene - cars piled up on top of each other, horns blaring, fire trucks, police cars etc everywhere.  We were directred up a street and worked our way around the main street, dodging chunks of road and concrete.  The short story is that we ended up staying in Toowoomba all week, watching the floods and rescue effort right through to Brisbane on TV, not venturing out much or stiky beaking.  Late Thursday, the road south opened with care.  Friday was spent getting to Brisbane - 300Km in 7 hours.

After all of the excitement of the previous week, we ended up in Brisbane for the grand total of 3 days prior to returning to Gove.  This was spent using our pre purchased passes to the theme parks with all of the famly we have in Brissie.  (who also took a week off work to spend with us....)  So - No visits to anyone this trip.  There is always next time. 

Now that we are back home, all of the normal stuff is getting back in swing.  The Ice Cream Van inside was stripped and stored inside the house.  This is nearly back together.  My shed was filled with Motor Bikes push bikes, garden implements etc, this is slowly emptying out.  Life is returning back to pre annual leave status........

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