Well, Po and I got quite excited by the trickle of beer cans and empty cartons that was the Todd flowing 2 days ago.
The river had dramatically widened the next day, certainly qualifying as a flowing river. Yippee! But the rain had eased. The clouds were rising and dispersing. We went to bed thinking the levels will be dropping back down to the festy trickle of the day before...
Damn no! Piffing down rain over night and through the morning. The fact that gutters here are viewed as a pointless extra meant we had a curtain of water sheeting down all around our apartment. The yard was going under. My thongs even started to float away (just like Rachs at New Years..!)
I got an excited call from Po at 11am. "Stop studying! Get your arse to the bridge! And bring the camera!". The river was thumping. Everyone was out, and excited, to see the Todd flow. One guy on a surfboard was floating down the river near Heavitree Gap. Police, ASTC and SES were out in force blocking the crossings and warning would-be lilo-ers about jumping in.
It's another quirk of Alice that 4 of the 5 river crossings (for vehicles) flood when the river really flows. The Todd effectively divides the town in two, so when there's closures, a traffic jam 100's of metres long forms either side of the one bridge across. Amazingly though, not an angry 'beep' was heard. (This, from a town that gets pissed at having to wait 1 minute for a train, or having to change lanes for a cyclist.. mind you, they probably ARE all pissed)
Ok, now back to the study..
