Could Only Happen in Birdsville!

Submitted: Monday, Feb 02, 2004 at 08:43
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Morning everyone. Whilst preparing for our Pizza by the River late yesterday Birdsville was hit by a dustorm - as it was a very pleasant day our houses were all open. Drat! And then, whilst at home closing everything up before we went to eat the Pizzas the water came up the flats and over the road up to the grid - and then, it started to RAIN!!! The water was rising about 1 metre per hour yesterday and that "babbling brook" I told you about was a roar like the ocean. Killed one fierce snake last night on the way home. This morning (after raining all night) there is a howling easterly blowing across the water in our big front yard - it's 18 degrees and the water is 7.3 metres and all you can see is water to the east, south and north. Hasn't yet gone across the road to Bedourie cutting off the industrial estate but it will later today and has cut the road to Big Red. This is a very very fast flood.
Varying rain information - but 40 mls. Boulia had another 66 mls last night - too early to find out about places down the Birdsville Track. Sorry about the photos but software problem.
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