After 10 years of drought, this is the 3rd flood in 14 months.
Merrywinebone Cotton Gin and Silo
Cameron's
David walking the sheep to dry land
Ricardo's
Ricardo's. Levee bank disappears into the water.
Beirhoff's
Beirhoff's front veranda
Newstead paddock from the air [Phelps's property]
Newstead, stranded sheep.
Newstead
Newstead
Pian Creek, last way out for us!
There is a fence and gate out there somewhere!
Overflow from Pian Creek [you can just see the top of
the gate post]
Water flowing around trees, Pian Creek
Overflow from the creek
It's a long way from Grenfell to Rowena on the back of a truck
Meet Abraham, Bacchus and Confucius. [A,B and C for short!]
Or, the tale of 3 Kookaburras. Bought a load of hay from Grenfell, took 4 days
arrive, between wet roads and breakdowns. When unloading hay at Glen Eden
it was discovered to hold a surprise, 3 baby kookaburras. They were hand raised
and here a some pictures of them grown and ready for release. Released on
6th Jan 2012
The old dam at Glen Eden [originaly dug with hand
tools by Chinese workers],
water has gone over the banks.
Blue Grass before the floods
Mitchell Grass in Wattle Flat before the wet
Here comes the water
Flood water from storms, no river water
Pian Creek again
The old dam, water starts to bust out.
