We were getting ready to go for our Sunday afternoon walk and Jack threw a tantrum because he wanted to climb the "spiderman", one of those big rope climbing web things, so instead of going for our normal walk we went to the new park over southside and Jack and Owen had a bit of a play and then we went and checked out the river which is due to flood and will be at it's highest on Wednesday.
So firstly here's the photos of playtime...
Jack did really well on the spiderman. He practically climbed all the way to the centre by himself. I can't believe how quickly he's growing up.
I really think that both Grandma and Daddy use Jack as an excuse to have a turn on the play equipment, especially Daddy who had a turn on the slide and the climbing thing as well.
Here's Jack, sick of having his photo taken.
After our play we went for a walk along the riverfront. There are the most beautiful banyan trees along there that are over a century old. This one was planted in June 1887 to honour the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. When we were kids we used to swing off the arial roots of these trees.
I really think that both Grandma and Daddy use Jack as an excuse to have a turn on the play equipment, especially Daddy who had a turn on the slide and the climbing thing as well.Here's Jack, sick of having his photo taken.After our play we went for a walk along the riverfront. There are the most beautiful banyan trees along there that are over a century old. This one was planted in June 1887 to honour the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign. When we were kids we used to swing off the arial roots of these trees. Arn't they just beautiful...
It's a really nice area along here now. There was always a park but it's been completely re-done. There are pontoon things along the river with bbq's and fish cleaning stations and tables and chairs (you'll see below, they're about to be submersed). The park has great equipment. It's all about to be flooded though. They've removed all the gas for the bbq's, chained all the bins in place and unhooked the lighting and stuff before the water rises.
This tree was even hiding a little surprise, ghecko eggs. We must have an affinity with ghecko's or something. I've never seen eggs before the ones we found at Christmas and now they're just everywhere.
Here's the lowest of the pontoons just going under the water. The police were there yesterday getting the kids out that were swimming in there.
This is the barrage to give you an idea of the force of water that's coming through at the moment.
It's amazing how many people are out looking at the water. There were cars and people everywhere yesterday. The council have started marking the telephone poles to the eight metre mark which is where the water is meant to peak. These poor people aren't going to fare too well, the mark is about a metre above the woman's head in pink on the pole. There is the most beautiful old house down this street, I really hope there's not too much damage.
It's a really nice area along here now. There was always a park but it's been completely re-done. There are pontoon things along the river with bbq's and fish cleaning stations and tables and chairs (you'll see below, they're about to be submersed). The park has great equipment. It's all about to be flooded though. They've removed all the gas for the bbq's, chained all the bins in place and unhooked the lighting and stuff before the water rises.
This tree was even hiding a little surprise, ghecko eggs. We must have an affinity with ghecko's or something. I've never seen eggs before the ones we found at Christmas and now they're just everywhere.Here's the lowest of the pontoons just going under the water. The police were there yesterday getting the kids out that were swimming in there.This is the barrage to give you an idea of the force of water that's coming through at the moment.It's amazing how many people are out looking at the water. There were cars and people everywhere yesterday. The council have started marking the telephone poles to the eight metre mark which is where the water is meant to peak. These poor people aren't going to fare too well, the mark is about a metre above the woman's head in pink on the pole. There is the most beautiful old house down this street, I really hope there's not too much damage.
I was a farm girl back when the last big flood hit and our property was bordered on one side by a lagoon so I've seen how quickly the water rises. We went to bed with the water down at the back shed, about 200metres from the house, and I woke up to go to the loo in the wee hours of the morning and the water was nearly knee deep under our house, which of course was where our bloody toilet was. I sat on the loo with my feet up in the air just waiting for crocodile to come and get me :P The next day we had to walk through the water out through our neighbours paddocks and then get a boat into town to stay with my Grandparents. My Mum's ex-husband stayed out at the farm and the water came up to the second top step of the house so we were lucky. Unfortunately we lost a lot of poultry, and I mean a lot. The stench after the flood subsided was just disgusting and we were bathing in yucky yucky water. The bonus was that we did get some new furniture that had floated onto our property. My Mum used to have the most spectacular gardens and they were just destroyed.
Anyhoo, I'll probably be back tonight with photos from the pool this afernoon.
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