The call to evacuate to friends and relatives if concerned about rising flood waters came at around 11pm Sunday night. The kids and I stayed put in the house but Jas packed and went to the other side of the Myall Creek to be able to meet the needs of work. By Monday morning the flood waters had risen and car access to our street and area was cut.
The kids and I spent most of the day watching the flood waters rise. They reached to our front lawn but not quite to our mail box. Fortunately, although we live on the flat flood plains, our home and most around us are built up a bit from the road. Our neighbours on the other side coped water from both Mont Clair Close and Branch Creek Road.
The waters seemed to peak and receed on Monday and by Tuesday afternoon you could see the bitumen on our end of the street. However the call came that the Creek was rising again and to again evacuate if concerned. By this stage we were well and truely surrounded by water and not really in a position to evacuate. Not that we wanted to as we were all happy here in our own beds and the kids happy with their own things. I was very much at peace about staying in our home.
Fortunately, as fast as it rose the water has fallen and this morning we have flood free streets and the power has been restored after more than 3 days without it.
Considering what has been happenning elsewhere in the area we consider ourselves very fortunate and are very thankful- even for a cold shower.
Thank you all for your prayers, messages, calls and concern. We are very blessed.
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| Looking from our front door |
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| The front of our house |
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| Water on lawn |
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| Water on the golf course (over the back- there is a block or two of land between us and the golf course) |
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| Looking up Mont Clair Close |
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