It’s been raining for days and the rivers are rising quickly and it ignites the memories of eleven years ago when I got flooded and had to leave my home for ten days, I really hope I don’t have to go through that trauma once again.

Since I returned to the house in July 2020 I have slowly renovated the house which in some parts is reaching completion and to have it all damaged would be heart breaking to say the least. I’ve spent so much time and effort and money to get it this far.

For the last two days we have had close to 200 mm each day. The ground is now saturated, so much so that across the street one of the neighbours trees has fallen over but thankfully has caused no damage. The park behind the house is flooded due to all the run off. At the bottom of the park where it backs onto the main road there is another park opposite and it has also flooded but I think that is due more to the river level rather than run off. If it rises another metre or more then it could get scary. The rain is set to continue for another day.

I’m going to get up early tomorrow and assess the situation and it might be a case of deja vu or if we are all lucky just a nightmare which we will wake up from. If need be I’ll hook up the trailer to the car and pack it up and move to higher ground but I have no idea where I’ll go, I don’t have as many options as I did the last time.