Ex-tropical Cyclone Blake still going

Rocco - I bet the Coongan is a raging torrent! Last time I saw that was in 1988, it was running about 10 -12 metres deep and travelling at a great rate of knots.
All you could see of the gums in the river bed was just their top branches sticking out of the water!

We were working there, re-treating the tailings at the Marble Bar battery - and the middle nephew (aged 20, then) thought it was great fun to barrel one of our LN106 Hiluxes through a very deep pool of water at about 80kmh!

The result? A gutful of water into the intake, resulting in a hydraulically-locked piston punching a huge hole in the block!!
It was real eye-opener for a young bloke who knew no other throttle level, than "pedal to the metal"! LOL

Insurance covered it, fortunately. That was the days when insurance companies weren't so reluctant to pay out.

Cheers, Ron.

Yes Ron, those rivers certainly get going. It's something to see all right. Though probably small beer compared to the Kimberley rivers.

I recall seeing video a few years ago of a prime mover and empty trailer washed off the Ripon Hills Road by the Oakover River. Good luck explaining that.

Cheers

I think I read that once ex-Blake got near Wiluna he just sat instead of continuing south-east and then petered out so forecast good falls further south never eventuated.

Grain growers say it isn't a good crop until it's in the bin. My friend who grew up on a station out there would say forecast rain is just that. Forecast.

Fires are still going, uncontrolled and uncontained - Balladonia, Israelite Bay, and Caiguna triangle.

Firefighters still on site, trying to contain the fires. Not enough rain in the last lot, to damp down the fires in this area.

Emergency W.A.

At least the Eyre Hwy is open. Some speed restrictions in place.

Cheers, Ron.

Gee Mick,Tjarra Pool Dry, Used to Go out there a fair bit when I lived in Telfer when it was a town,never seen it dry. I reckon it would be full now.. ( Worked Telfer 1993-2000.) Cheers.