I live in the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Area and at present one wonders how it got its name.
Since last Friday it has been raining most of the time. When I signed off on Sunday I said that we had had 30mm of rain by 9.00am by 9.00am the following day it was over 200mm. Monday had another 150mm and Tuesday another 180mm.
In the local area this has caused some road closures but nothing life threatening. This link shows photos taken yesterday on the Sunshine Coast. Any references to Hilton Terrace Tewantin show the area most affected near me.
I have mainly stayed at home except for taking Louis for his walk. At times it has been impossible to get into our parks because the foot bridges have been under water as the local creeks flood. The creeks rise very quickly and go down reasonably fast as well. Today Louis had a good run with J's dogs Paws and Shelly and came home covered in mud,
Yesterday I decided to file the application to change the deeds to the house from joint names to my name only. It is normal to to get a solicitor to do this but as only one form is required plus identification as the surviving joint owner and a certified death certificate I decided to file the application myself. The Queensland Government's local Business Centre is in Nambour which is also the administrative centre for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and about 40km south of Tewantin.
The weather was awful so I decided to take the 8.55am bus which leaves from near the Bougainvillea Caravan Park about 1km from my house. I had to use my umbrella as it was beginning to rain heavily and packed my raincoat in my backpack.
The bus was unusually crowded as there were several people using the bus to connect with a train to Brisbane. This bus is a stopper and goes through Cooroy, Eumundi and Yandina before getting to Nambour. By the time we got there it was absolutely pouring with rain. We got of at Nambour Railway Station where the train passengers we told that the service to Brisbane had been cancelled and that the main highway south to Brisbane had also been closed!
The Titles Office was adjacent to the Station and accessible by a covered walkway. Filing the forms took ten minutes and the transfer should have been completed within an hour but the relevant officer had just been called home by his wife to help with preventing their home being flooded.
I had a coffee and went to catch the 11.00am bus back home. By now the Station area was a bit chaotic. One bus driver had been told that he couldn't go on to Cairns but he also could not return to Brisbane. Somehow he had got rid of his passengers but was stuck with his bus which was illegally parked in the the Transport Centre. With typical local humour he suggested that they arrest him and at least he weould have a bed for the night.
The bus back to Noosa was running late and when we got away at 11.15am the driver said that there was no guaranty that we would make it back. Actually apart from having to ford a creek at Eumundi and some surface water across the Cooroy Road we had no trouble until we dropped of the range to Tewantin. Here all traffic was being diverted down Beckmans Road a few hundred metres before my stop. The driver let me off at the intersection and I had to paddle through water well over my shoes to get back to where I had started. By now I needed my umbrella and raincoat and even then arrived home like a drowned rat.
At home my back garden was completely under water. About 6.00pm, in the middle of torrential rain, the water had completely covered my back patio and was within a couple of centimetres of flooding my garage which is set down about 100mm from the main house. I opened the side gates to increase the water flow from the back garden to the front where it could run down the Rise and away from my house. It was a near thing and I was glad when the rain eased and I could relax.
This morning is is not raining but more showers are forecast later. My patio is clear of water but has a nice layer of muddy silt across it.
At present there are no warnings out for my area.
Brisbane is going under as I type.
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