1500mm and counting...

Yes, that is how much rain we've tipped out of the gauge at my place so far this year.

800mm in January
700mm so far in February (600mm in the first four days alone)
This is about 2/3 of the total for last year!

We've had one of the biggest floods since records began.

...And there is more rain coming


On the positive side, I haven't been at work since Friday lunchtime.

Give us some of that water down here in Victoria! Bone dry here, 44 degrees tomorrow as well. The murray river is going to become the murray sandpit soon :

I think we have had something like 50 straight days of rain, somedays just light showers, some days it;s has poured down. Thank god not as wet here as in Ingham (100km north) but we've been cut of N / S and W for days

My understanding is the temperate mainland states will get drier and hotter and the tropical areas will get wetter and stay about the same temperature as now (more cloud cover from the extra rain keeping us cooler) Time will tell if that pans out but I am thinking they need to either move the water south or the people north

Sick of the rain !!! but last year the Dams overflowed, as they did the year before... etc The massive Burdekin Dam is over by 6 meters, last year when it was over the spillway by 4.5m I was advised that was the equivalent of one Sydney Harbour in volume of water going over every day, at 6m, I assume that's about 1.5 Sydney Harbours in water volume or more in water every day going over the top, that is alot of water going down the river ! I wonder if they will ever go to Stage 2 on that Dam... no need I guess as there is so much water with just stage 1 that we never go close to using it.

That would be incredible to see such an amount of water. Wish we could share your problem. If Australia's overall rainfall was shared appropiately we probably wouldn't have all the grief.

Geoff.

The total is over 1600mm now. The flooding has renewed and is expected to reach the same level as before.

And there is still more rain to come...


PS: Just to clarify, I haven't been at work since lunchtime Friday, January 30 (not the Friday just passed LOL).

Well, the floods (yes, 2 in one week) have gone and the clean up is in full swing. At the moment we are helping people clean the mud out of their homes and sheds - I finally went back to work yesterday. The local council is removing damaged goods free of charge.

So far this year, we have tipped out over 1700mm from the gauge. There are a few more inches (1 inch = 25mm) sitting in the gauge from a storm we just had. Officially though, we have received almost 2200mm (the AWS is about 2km away). Some places in the district have received over 2600mm. That's more than their average annual total!

Here's hoping some of this rain will find it's way down to where it's needed in Victoria.

The government are throwing billions around at the moment.

You'd think that it wouldnt take to many billions to get some of this directed into the Murray Darling System would you!

Instead of just throwing it at the public to Pisss against a wall.

a few more pics here,
http://trevors.smugmug.com/gallery/7318790_Bzemb#470837100_zpeYP

and

went for a walk along a small creek



that had turned into a torrent and went for a swim in the beautiful pool that had formed under the falls further down




More pics below
http://trevors.smugmug.com/gallery/7318972_RBoyU#470841189_b5k3R

Was overcast but no rain all yesterday but then it rained again last night for a few hours with a short fierce storm to start with
http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/02/12/38291_hpphoto.html