Wild Weather

Over the last week we've had some really terrible weather.

We've had very heavy rain along with winds of up to 100km an hour. Lots of trees have come down and traffic lights have stopped working.

I had to drive down from Southport through Surfers Paradise on Wednesday and the police were re-directing traffic. It wasn't til I got home and watched the news that I found out the reason why. There are lots of high rise buildings in Surfers with roof top pools. The news coverage showed the pool furniture (including heavy glass top tables) blowing off one of the roofs!!!

One of my friends lives on Springbrook Road in the hinterland and she couldn't get out of her property as the creek at the bottom of her garden was overflowing the road out. She also had no power or phone for a couple of days. We didn't have anything as bad as that thank goodness.

The beaches have all been closed due to dangerous surf and sand erosion. Some poor souls car was dragged into the sea by the waves and was lying upside down in the sand when I passed by.

The weather has improved here but the storms have continued on down the coast and north NSW is getting it now.