We had to travel to Whangarei yesterday as I had an appt at the hospital

It was a dreadful drive the rain so heavy wipers really couldn’t keep up vehicles caught in flood water with lots of flooding all this pales into insignificance as a group of boys and 2 teachers went to Abbey caves and one boys body was found early this morning feel very sad for his parents and extended family .
Now an investigation is to start as all knew of the weather descending on Northland and caves are prone to flooding .😢😢😢

[Suzanne]

Great collage of what must have been a hairy trip.

Tragic school trip. Sounds like it should have been abandoned!

[Dawn]

@ankers70 Well yes the weather had been forecast to being very wet just so sad and a waste of life

[Heather]

A great collage to capture that awful weather! And what a tragedy, too!

[Mags]

A great variety of shots in your collage.

[Dawn]

@365projectorgheatherb Thanking you Heather and yes it surely is
@marlboromaam Thanking you Mags

[julia]

A real senseless tragedy.
Great collage particularly like the wet window shot.

[Cathy Donohoue]

Nice collage but what a tragedy.

[Dawn]

@julzmaioro Thanking you Julia and yes certainly is senseless tragedy
@cdonohoue Thanking you Cathy absolute tragedy

[katy]

Fabulous collage of your horrible weather. How sad to hear about the boy. Lost in all of that is why you had an appointment at the hospital. I hope it was just for a routine check up.

[Babs]

Great collage of your wild weather but what a tragedy to hear a boy is missing.

[Pat]

Oh no how awful, the poor parents.
That looks like a horrendous journey in all that rain but a great collage to remember the day.

[Joan Robillard]

Glad you made it there and back safely.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great looking collage but the weather does look dreadful.

[Dawn]

@grammyn Thanking you Katy I wish it’s a little more complex I have a all sorts of vague issues but it’s all down to the parathyroid glands flaring up so at mo are now waiting for a CT Scan to see where to next

[Dawn]

@onewing @pattyblue @joansmor Thanking you all for visit kind comments all very much appreciated
Yes very pleased to get home again and yes I really feel for the lads parents .

[Dawn]

@mittens Thanking you Marilyn yes it was

[Corinne C]

A great collage from pics of this rainy day. Hopefully the weather is improving!

[katy]

@Dawn i will put you in my prayers for a simple solution Dawn

[KWind]

Wow!! Stay safe.

[Jane Pittenger]

How freaky and sad

[Beth]

Oh Dawn, how sad. Prayers to the family 🙏

[Dawn]

@grammyn Thanks Katy so lovely of you 😍

[Dawn]

@corinnec @kwind @jgpittenger @eahopp
Thanking you all and yes extremely sad for family also weather here today somewhat nicer

[Valerie Chesney]

I don't envy you that trip in the torrential rain, a very telling collage!
So very sad to hear of this boy's death...

[Elisa Smith]

Awful to read about the boys. Take care.

[Diana]

what a great story telling collage, such a sad narrative though. Hope all goes well for you Dawn.

[Diane]

How tragic for the boys. Glad you are safe.

[Kathy A]

Awful weather and such a senseless tragedy! I hope you are ok Dawn

[Dawn]

@happysnaps @ludwigsdiana @eudora @kjarn
Thanking you all for visit and king comments all so much appreciated

[Christina]

Dreadful weather to be driving out, I had to drive home in it - took 4x as long as usual.
Yes a preventive tragedy! Just awful

[Dawn]

@christinav Thanking you Christina yes the weather was shocking .
I can’t believe the stupidity of this trip given all the weather warnings absolutely a preventable tragedy

[Steve Chappell]

Looks like bad weather, hope all went well with your appointment. Such a tragedy, sorry to hear

[Dawn]

@swchappell Thanking you Steve and for fav , further appts etc required and yes an absolute tragedy

[Kerry McCarthy]

How sad for that family. Your photos sure capture the miserable weather.

[Dawn]

@mccarth1 Ythanking you Kerry yes it surely will be

[Peter Dulis]

Nice one :)

[Fisher Family]

A lovely collage of your challenging journey. I hope you made your appointment OK. So sad about the boy who died in the cave.

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

A dreadful journey and very sad about the young boy, makes you wonder what the teachers were thinking about if they knew about the weather conditions.

[Anita W]

Oh my goodness the flooding looks terrible. What a tragic decision for the boys and teachers involved.

[Renee Salamon]

It all sounds horrible but your collage is a brilliant record

[Bill Laing]

Tragic, tragic story. Reminds me of the adage:

"Just Having Fun ~ Nature Doesn't Care."

[Dawn]

@pdulis @fishers @craftymeg @anitaw @rensala @365projectorgbilllaing
Thanking you all for your visit kind comments.
Yes the weather was well advertised plus all warnings at entrance of caves unfortunately .
I like the saying Bill couldn’t be more true

[*lynn]

I really like your shot of all the water on the glass. Nice collage of not-so-good times ... the flooding and death are tragic.

[Yao RL]

it is a challenging drive for sure.

[haskar]

Nice collage. Stay safe.

[Lin]

A great collage, but sad news

[Dawn]

@yaorenliu @haskar @linnypinny
Thanking you all for your visit and kind comments all much appreciated.
It is a very sad tragedy indeed

[Paula Fontanini]

Your collage does a great job of depicting the horrible weather & sense of tragedy!

[Dawn]

@bluemoon Thanking you Paula and kind comment it certainly is a tragedy

[Kathy]

Glad you made it through safe and sound.

[Dorothy]

Such a tragedy, so glad you made it home safely.

[Lou Ann]

Really great collage. So sorry about the boy, my goodness! I have a close friend who had one of her para thyroid glands removed last month. She said she feels better than she has in a long time. I hope your issues are resolved soon.

[Dawn]

@louannwarren Thanking you Lou Ann , gosh I hope so too thanks for kind thoughts