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Hubby got out of hospital on Friday and is totally 100% non weight bearing on his operated on leg. That and trying to do things like the weekly shop fresh veg etc is more than I can manage. He's hard work at the moment, can't even get him onto the veranda for fresh air because of the step and now a wet sofa! Tomorrow i have to get him to the doctors and back! My vehicle i think. I'll go full 4x4 rather than an AWD SUV!Fires, drought, flood...you should probably expect an avalanche soon.
Seriously, though, it's good to hear from you. I hadn't seen anything from you in the last couple of days.
Our road is badly damaged. Reported unsafe (the SES (emergency rescue services) turned the school bus back! ) I know it is completely washed away just to our left (as in a couple of hundred meters where those dams drain across it). That's usually the worst direction to try. But none of the farm workers or construction workers have arrived this morning and they all come from the right... That's across a huge flood plain (including a lake I've only once seen water in in 4 years I've been here).
Today's fun is trying to shower him in a shower only 1 fully able person can fit into. Perhaps tipsy I can consider not trying to save the water for recycling! That said the borders and trees on the shielded side of the house are actually dry... but I have a good 25cm or more of wet silt to dig out around the electric fence of the chook house before I can turn it back on. It was shorting out badly when I went up at 6am to check on that chook house. We're due thunderstorms today with temps getting up to 30°C. Just to add to the fun!