We are Aussies, through and through, we spend our time telling tall tales and watching the sky. Its what we do. And we have had more than enough reasons to watch the sky lately.
Early January saw a vicious flood sweep through our City. Early February saw a vicious cyclone sweep through our State. Still early February and there is soul sucking heat and humidity in Brisbane, there are floods down south, record temperatures in Sydney, floods in Victoria, heatwaves and bushfires in Perth AND snow on the mountains.
The humidity has been really awful for us. No aircon, just ceiling fans. The humidity slowly sucks the moisture out of your body leaving you feeling frail and weak. Sunday was appalling, it was so hot and humid. I nearly fainted while doing housework and had to go sit in the pool before I fell over!
We woke up this morning to a cool change but not before the worst night ever. Hubby opened the door to the boys room and they had moved their bed to directly under the ceiling fan, they were obviously too hot. Thank goodness Aiden didn't get up during the night or he would have been sporting some stitches!
We travelled up to Toowoomba a few days ago and that was a scary, eerie experience. To drive on a road and see the flood markers on fences and know that a few weeks ago you would have been underwater is very humbling. There were areas which looked totally normal, until you came to a creek crossing and looked down into the creek bed. It resembled a giant childs sandbox, with the riverbanks gouged out and trees tumbled like pick up sticks. There was a ute, abandoned on the side of the road, smashed and broken. Crops have been left to die in the hot sun as they aren't salvageable.
Life goes on. I won't forget. This has been a soul changing experience. I am currently running a fundraising Agility trial as there are clubs who have lost everything. Devastating.....
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