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Thursday night we started to have water pooling in our front yard. This is the drain along the boundary at the gate |
 | and further up the block |
 | and there was water draining across the block |
 | and the pond was starting to overflow |
 | By Friday morning we had had a lot more rain (over 300mm in the 24 hours to 9 am) - see the gate posts in the distance |
 | and the view from the front verandah showed lots of water |
 | and the vege patch was a bit water logged (the water level has already gone down a bit) |
 | and the shed was getting close to flooded |
 | and the only way to go down the road would be in a boat (If you look closely you can maybe see next door's trailer) |
 | By Saturday morning the flood has started to recede and the rain is slowing down (only about 30mm overnight) |
 | and you can see where the flood went above the letterbox on the gate posts |
 | and after a walk along the path up the hill behind |
 | the sun and the brush turkey had even come out |
 | After lunch on Saturday we were able to walk to the gate |
 | and retrieve the bin |
 | though some neighbours found other ways to travel |
 | and by 4pm the yard looked normal and we should be able to drive out tomorrow |
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