These aren't my photos but I wanted to included them in my 365 yearly record to show the results of our horrendously wet weather lately. Apparently according to @casablanca we made the BBC news so we are now world famous.
Foreshore Drive isn't far from where I live. On the right of the picture is the beach and mangroves and on the left the wetlands. I take photos here all the time and it is here where I take the photos of my favourite tree and also the oyster beds.
The top photo is courtesy of Google maps and the bottom photo was taken by Tony O'Donnell showing the road collapsed, hope he doesn't mind me including it in my project.
If you look at the photo below you will see my daughter taking a photo of the tree at the beach on Foreshore drive close to where the road has now collapsed. The clump of trees off in the distance on the link photo is where our house is.
Luckily we are on higher ground than here at the foreshore but still have some damage in our garden to clear up where sand and soil has run down into our patio area on one side of the house. Too wet at the moment though to do anything about that.
The rain continues, another 100 mm overnight and it has poured with rain all day today too.
It's looked so bad on TV Babs- I hope you've fared alright. And isn't this such a good example of why they say "if it's flooded, forget it"?
I hope your favourite tree is OK...
@robz Further along this road there are quite a few million dollar properties. I bet they are doing a bit of a King Canute at the moment. I am sure many of them will be flooded.
@onewing Hmmm - many of the local Council zonings seem to leave a little to be desired in the way of common sense. It often seems that money talks too loudly!. The Gold Coast is a prime example...
Great sots to show the level of destruction, good to hear that you are not as badly affected. I certainly wish the rain will stop now as enough is enough.
again I've been thinking of you, shocking how bad it is.
I did a market today, did a good shop for food etc, and came home as our roads are starting to get close to going under - I'd say I'll be unable to get to town easily from tomorrow.
please stay safe, use photos from others, don't take risks. what a broken world!
@elatedpixie I will gladly send you some of our rain, I am fed up of it now.
@koalagardens Hope you don't get blocked off. Some places along Nelson Bay Road are experiencing flooding here and the airport has closed. A friend of mine is stuck in Queensland until Newcastle Airport reopens. The runway is flooded at the moment.
So many places along the coast are in a much worse state than we are.
Hope you stay safe too.
@sangwann Don't worry Dione the road has been closed since Thursday so no chance of anyone driving into the hole in the road. I think it will be closed for quite some time.
We here in Northeast Pennsylvania certainly understand what you're going through! Lots of heavy rain on a steady basis often causes creeks, rivers and brooks to run over their banks and in turn closes off roads with flooding. I'm glad to hear that there was not much damage to your property and hope the others will be able to clean up as soon as the rain stops. It's so strange to see the weather like this as it doesn't seem like too long ago rain was really needed in your area! Great comparison- stay safe!
@dutchothotmailcom@gijsje@peadar@busylady@ingrid01@seattlite@olivetreeann@pcoulson@ladymagpie@carolmw@happypat@kathiecb@craftymeg@haskar Thanks. Even though we have had lots of rain, our area has fared better than others on the east coast. Although we have the ocean where I live we don't have any rivers and creeks in our area which have caused lots of problems in some parts of Australia. Luckily where I live we are on higher ground. We do go from one extreme to another here as the weather pattern changes. We have been in drought for the last few years and now we have flipped to extreme rain. Somewhere in-between the two would be good though.
Glad we don't have a waterfront property as they must be paddling in their houses. Although having said that if this rain persists we could end up with waterfront at this rate.
@radiogirl@mave@cwbill It isn't too bad here compared to some places along the coast. Luckily we don't have any rivers or creeks near us to overflow.
@kjarn Oh no, what a mess this is. I looked at the weather radar and there is still more rain on the way and also a band of rain coming from the west now too.
I had buckets by our family room door/window a couple of days ago when the gutters overflowed but at the moment it seems to be okay, Water gushing over our retaining wall to the patio area and soil and sand washed on the patio. Too wet to shift it at the moment though.
I hope your favourite tree is OK...
I did a market today, did a good shop for food etc, and came home as our roads are starting to get close to going under - I'd say I'll be unable to get to town easily from tomorrow.
please stay safe, use photos from others, don't take risks. what a broken world!
Thanks. People along the coast are in a much worse state than we are. This particular road often floods normally at king tides so it is no wonder it has finally given way after the deluge we have been experiencing. Still raining and isn't expected to stop until Wednesday.
@elatedpixie I will gladly send you some of our rain, I am fed up of it now.
@koalagardens Hope you don't get blocked off. Some places along Nelson Bay Road are experiencing flooding here and the airport has closed. A friend of mine is stuck in Queensland until Newcastle Airport reopens. The runway is flooded at the moment.
So many places along the coast are in a much worse state than we are.
Hope you stay safe too.
@sangwann Don't worry Dione the road has been closed since Thursday so no chance of anyone driving into the hole in the road. I think it will be closed for quite some time.
@louannwarren No she didn't get her camera back.
Glad we don't have a waterfront property as they must be paddling in their houses. Although having said that if this rain persists we could end up with waterfront at this rate.
@kjarn Oh no, what a mess this is. I looked at the weather radar and there is still more rain on the way and also a band of rain coming from the west now too.
I had buckets by our family room door/window a couple of days ago when the gutters overflowed but at the moment it seems to be okay, Water gushing over our retaining wall to the patio area and soil and sand washed on the patio. Too wet to shift it at the moment though.