Friday, December 10, 2010

 

Flood

After years of drought most of the eastern half of Australia is flooded. Even though Canberra is high up it is getting some flooding in the area. Yesterday all the rivers and creeks were overflowing and there were roads closed everywhere. Lake Burley Griffin is overflowing and they have opened the flood gates on Scrivener dam. The day after the top picture was taken they had opened the rest of the bottom outlets and were even talking about lowering the top gates. I am nagging the Oldies to take me back to see if this has happened yet, so maybe this afternoon I can get another picture. The lake is cluttered up with debris that has been washed down by the rivers that flow into it. There are even big trees in there. Of course nobody is allowed to use boats on it, except for the police and emergency services, and you certainly wouldn't want to swim in there either. The water birds love it. Swans and ducks are having a great time feeding on all the edible stuff that is mixed in with the rubbish. I have decided that I don't like floods. Not just because they cause so much damage, but because they make it hard for small bears to travel anywhere, and the rain and slush makes it impossible to stay as clean and dry as Mum demands.

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