Well, we had a bit of a surprise last night when it started to rain. Will came home from school warning us that a storm was on the way.....did we listen...?
Within 10 minutes the rain was lashing and the water levels started to rise. The drains from our house are quite slow normally so suddenly there was no way they could cope with the mass of water. The road out the front of our house was about a foot deep and the garage was getting flooded as the drains overflowed!
I (Chris) was at work when all this was going on and Caroline was giving me updates. We were meeting up in the centre of Melbourne in the evening with Jason and Natalie for a meal on a tram that takes you around the city! So Caroline left Will and Sam baling out water from the garage and headed to the station with Natalie! The trains were running fine and I had helpfully reported that there was no rain in the city :-)
However, with perfect timing the rain started lashing again in the city just as Caroline and Natalie stepped off the train. Unfortunately they got absolutely soaked walking to the bar where Jason and I were waiting...
After a swift glass of champagne (as you do) we headed off to the tram restaurant, but now the rain was really heavy. The roads were all flooded in a foot deep of water and I decided to take my shoes off and roll up my trousers - a good look! We crossed the road with water up to our knees but soon realised that there was no way the tram was coming so we headed off to another restaurant.
Once again the Morgan rain dance hits again - it's the middle of summer in Melbourne.....and there are floods...hmmmm...
In reality I think we got the tail end of the Queensland cyclone so should think ourselves very lucky.
By this morning some of the water had subsided but many roads are still blocked. Take a look at our Flickr site for lots of photos....like the one below:
Love the photos of the flood! Cant believe you had so much rain - great pics of the boys running through the river outside your house! Shame your night out for a meal on the tram car was effected - hope you all had lots of food and alcohol to make up for the disappointment. Caroline you look very pretty in your summer dress with the water flowing around you - a real Australian summer!! Hope the floods didnt effect the boys going to school - any excuse and they will be back at home!
ReplyDeleteChris, make sure you get lots of photos of Caroline competing in her triathlon this weekend and I hope the boys are all going to be there cheering you on. Keep up the training, you will be competing in the Olympics next year!! Lisa xxx