A Wash Out

Last Friday evening was supposed to be the annual Coleraine Street Parade and Carnival, this was postponed a week due to 24 hrs of good solid rain.

The downside of the rain, I managed to fall over on my ass in the mud (well-cushioned) whilst trying to put the chooks away and the dogs tracked mud through the house (well, it was a choice of constantly mopping up dog pee and poo, or mopping up mud - I chose the latter, it's better for the skin).

The upside, our tanks are filling!! Word from the farmers at the pub was that we had 75mm in the 24hr hour period. Their are puddles (mini dams) beside the roads that are still there a week later.

The temperature reached a max of 14 degrees and the Bureau of Meteorology issued a stock warning for farmers. Apparently they had similar wintry conditions 20years ago and over 250 sheep (lambs and young shorn sheep) died from exposure. I hear it was a sultry 34 degrees in Brisbane on the same day!

I took Sarah and Mim for a walk down to the creek on Saturday evening. The creek, which had been bone dry three days prior, was full. We'd walked down in gumboots, so we waded through to the other side (I carried Sarah, she doesn't like getting wet) and then waded back again.

Since then, we've had lots of grey skies but minimal useful rain. But never fear, it's predicted to rain again this Friday night - just to ruin the street parade (and quick shear) again.