Tropical Ipswich.

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Tropical Ipswich.

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Drought - Pigz ar$e !!!!

250mm in an hour Wednesday night around midnight. I was fairly fortunate & just had to make a few temporary dam walls in the backyard.
Me best mate John (Poppy) on the other hand wasn't as lucky ...... Hows 3 inches of water above the bottom door seals on a restored 64/65 Mustang Grab ya. Not happy Jan. Water up to the air breather on the race bike & over every axle in the building. Laundry went 3 foot under water & about 2.5 feet through the Garage, store room & workshop area.

The water knocked over both side fences in his back yard. Mud & Guk everywhere & it looks like a road base has been put in through the middle of the back lawn.
The washing machine was bobbing from the power cord & the Gurney bailed early & went floating past Poppy at about the 6 inch rising tide point. :shock:
Full day cleaning up, 3 sets of Bike wheel bearings to replace as well as Gearbox & differential servicing for the 'Stang.

Pics up soon, Frick'n phone wont talk to the whirly box atm. Rusty ..... jk ;)
Thankfully tonights Alledged Mega storm went about 100ks north of us, so we had a 15min drenching & a pretty spectacular light show.
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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

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oh i almost forgot the worst part ......

THE BEER FRIDGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :roll: Had to drink hot coke all day
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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

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Frick'n phone wont talk to the whirly box atm. Rusty ...
Did ya try turning the phone on, mate? :P
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Yep- it came 100kms north to my place! :shock:

No power at home for two days- no internet still! :(

Lost all the food in my fridge and freezer...... my whole suburb is trashed- power lines, trees covering the roads, everything flooded. There has been water pouring through the roof at work (but at least I still have internet access here)

The roads are stuffed- potholed, washed out, gravel dirt and debris everywhere- my playground has been ravaged! :cry:

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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

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Shit guys, that sux. Good luck with getting everything sorted.
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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

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wow dam sounds pretty full on! Wishin u guys the best! home it clears up very soo!
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What the F$@k is goin on up there...El Nino ??

hope all goes well guys..
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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

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shit Nanna

send some down here.... dams at 32% :(
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Nothing wrong at all down here Southside :)

The big storms split and go around my suburb.. :D
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Phone pictures hope they work out.
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Poppy Hops on .... CBR150 (Superlite) CBR954 "Blade"
Nanna Naps on .... MoriWAKI NSR85 (Motolite) ZX10R "Crim"
We may ride like Old Can'ts, But Phuk we look DOOG !!!!!!
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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

Post by mick_dundee »

It pissed down the night I was there (at Nanna's) too, one thing about Brisbane, it doesn't spit there, it's either pissing down or good weather.. I came home to Victoria after 2 weeks on the NSW north coast and surrounds on Saturday ( a week away from summer) to 30 below zero, pissing down rain, was friggin hypothermic by the time I got home..
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Ahhh, NSW - beautiful one day, perfect the next ! ;)
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More heavy rain for the next few days. Sad for everyone up here with tarps on their roofs (every second house in my area.) It is eerie looking around and seeing the destruction- it is taking so long for everyone to make a dent in the clean-up.

Still have no internet at home due to the damn storms- I'M GOING CRAZY!!!!! :(

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Anything us southerners can do to help, BM ? :?
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Re: Tropical Ipswich.

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Thank you Ron- very sweet of you.

I could move down there for a few months until things return to normal.

I am lucky- my place is fine now. Thank you for your kind thoughts. :)

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