It’s going to be a BIG ONE, and this time the Bureau of Meteorology got it right …

Town was busy this morning as everyone stocked up on essentials.  At the post office a worried man came rushing in to see if his two Queen Bees had arrived.  Luckily they had, although I doubt that there will be much hive-building going on this weekend.  Now the bridge is closed and under water and town is all but deserted.

The big wet tropical low which had been lurking off the coast moved on-shore at around 9:00 am today and it’s been pelting down non-stop ever since.  The ground is already saturated, the water has nowhere to go and the forecast is for 300 mm plus ….  this looks like being a repeat of the major flood event of 2009.  So far, the new drains under my house are doing their job and I should avoid any more structural damage, although I expect to see fallen trees if the big gusts of wind continue.

It looks like being a long, wet and slightly stressful weekend …