Joshua & Brody (Dec 2010)
Well! Yes! Xmas holiday time on the Gold Coast. It should have been sun, surf and sand… but, no…
For those of you how follow the (world) news… half of Queensland is under water. There has been severe flooding in north-eastern Australia. The floods have resulted in the evacuation of thousands of people from the affected towns and cities; at least 22 towns and over 200,000 people have been affected. Damage has been initially estimated at around AU$1bn (£650m).
Vast areas of southern and Central QLD have been affected by the flood. Around 300 roads were closed including nine major highways. The QLD floods were a result of heavy precipitation caused by Tropical cyclone Tasha combined with a trough during the peak of a La Nina event….Isn’t it amazing that we now know these things nowadays and that we actually talk like this.
The 2010 La Nina weather pattern, brought torrential rain that fell in a broad swath from the Gulf of Carpentaria all the way to the Gold Coast. Those of you who have travelled Oz know how vast that region is. To put it in perspective – an area the size of France and Germany combined is now under about 8 meters of water.
Of our 10 day holiday, we went to the beach – on the day we flew back home to Melbourne. Lots of time was spent at mum’s and in shopping centres.
Nonetheless, we spent time with family and friends. The boys certainly enjoyed themselves.
