King Tide Flooding

Last night it rained and rained and rained. We had about 7 inches. Finch Hatton, closer to Eungella, got 12 inches!! The pool overflowed, of course, and we got mud in the pool. We even drained it last night before dinner time as far as we dared.
Today we were due a King tide at 11am ish. It was to be the highest tide in nine years, and with all the stormwater added, we figued there would be some flooding. We were right! This is the gooseponds alongside Willets Road.

We thought we would go check out the old hospital bridge, but were stymied by this crossing on the way to the NEW 42 million dollar bridge they built to avoid the problem of the old bridge flooding. This is the only road onto the new bridge. Woopsies!!

This is the river at the old bridge crossing. (We had to go around the long way) They have left a third of the old bridge as a fishing platform, though of course that is a long way under water.

A VERY long way under.

We drove back over the Forgan Smith bridge. An hour later that was closed as well. Lucky it was Sunday or there would have been total traffic chaos!! The goosponds park walking track, mostly under, and a comfy park bench to soak your weary toes!

We had another house inspection around 12.30, so went to the video shop and watched DVDs the rest of the day. KISA spent some time flocking and cleaning the pool.