So, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 to you all!
We enjoyed continuous holidays early January with my son and his family moving from big rented house into a smaller house in Ipswich - no swimming pool this time around,
but kids will find they can do without for a while.
Settled down & then 'Cyclone Oswald' hit Queensland starting from the Cape tip in
Far North Queensland & tracking down the East Coast to gradually let us know her fury although downgraded by time it hit us on Gold Coast.
Eventually continued tracking right down to Sydney bringing gale force winds & torrential rain wherever it went.
Because we weren't part of the inland rivers streaming down to other parts of the coast, including several cities, we didn't experience the devastating floods that they did.
We thought the winds & rain were enough & fortunate we didn't lose power like so many thousands of homes & businesses did.
The clean up is enormous with Army & Air Forces taking part.
Several people have lost their lives, perhaps with more to be found yet.
So we can count ourselves fortunate as our Lake level only came up onto the grass
with minimal other damage.
Makes you appreciate what you have & it is absolutely gorgeous to see the Gold Coast sun beaming down on us and we have a beach out the front again!
I'll keep posting more regularly this year -
I see where 100's of people look at this BLOG with 924 hits,
so I'll attempt to give you something interesting to read.
I see where 100's of people look at this BLOG with 924 hits,
so I'll attempt to give you something interesting to read.
Thanks for following!
Allison
Continuing the creation of AllisonWonderland'z saga...
