Victorian Floods

[cookie1]

Take care ILB and be safe. What does your daughter think of all the water? Is she excited by it?

[Thermomixer]

Sorry to hear ILB. I would have thought that you were far enough away from the river - but we are getting back to how life was before the mid 90s.  I remember the old swimming pool on the Sevens Creek at Euroa being flooded every couple of years.

Hope things are OK at work.

[I Love Bimby!]

Thanks everyone. The water started to receed a little on the Monday evening, but by about Thursday the water was just leaving the back yard and only in the last couple of days has the "lake view" moved on.

Thermomixer, our back yard backs right onto the creek. I have tried posting a photo but no matter how small I make it the forum doesn't like it at all 

[Nay-nay]

....and now for the Locusts!!!! 

[cookie1]

I feel so sorry for those of you about to interact with the locusts. We had a plague of them when we were teaching in the wheatbelt. They were everywhere. Piled up against doors, in everything. They smelled so bad when you trod on the 6 inch deep pile of them-yuk.
The funny thing was though when you visited farms who had free range chooks, the chooks pecked the locusts off your radiator and put holes in it. DH had put a big piece of fly wire over ours (as did many) so we were safe.

[I Love Bimby!]

My sympathy goes out to all those affected by those too 

Is it just suddenly the last 5 years or so that they've become more of a problem?

[meganjane]

Why can't it just be shared out!! I'm so sorry you've gone through all this ILB. The only thing worse than no rain is too much rain.

[I Love Bimby!]

I was only inconvenienced really MJ, a lot mroe people ended up a whole lot worse than I.

When we had our hobby farm the locasts came and ate EVERYTHING!!! I don't think it will be such an issue to me where I am now, but my heart does go out to all those that are a lot worse 

[meganjane]

{sigh} We're desperate for rain. Our crops are starting to wilt. It's crazy isn't it?

[I Love Bimby!]

It sure is!!! Its amazing how quickly the dirt roads turn to dust too. Driving back today already some crops were looking a little whilted as well. Let's hope you get some rain soon MJ!!