sorry there guys dad {carnarvonite}is not too good at the moment,over half the town is under water and it is getting higher,the caravan park he is in is under water yesterday ,they are expecting it to peak about 11/12 after high tide,from what dad said at 13m 

  not good not good at all

   jeff

It must be very difficult

hope the water drops quickly and theres not too much damage!!! keep us posted!!

John,

Might need get your sea rescue buddies to give you guys a hand.  Hope all is well send me pm if you like

But boy didn't the Gascoyne and Pilbra need the Rain.

A few Pastorlist breathing a sign of relief.

I heard a fortune in crops lost,,now half the town is in serious trouble,,,not to good at all,,,

 thank you all for that ,but dad doesnt not have the net where he is ,i call him ever so often to see how he is going ?

   jeff

Its a little bit wet outside of the levee banks. The water is just over the original levee bank top on Boundary road where the big banana is, they have put a metre of sand on top and that is the only thing saving the whole town from going under. We are closely watching the tide as it comes in at 1100, it might back the water up enough to send it over. No one can predict what the actual peak level will be because its still rising at Fishy Pool and Lyons crossing, where they have auto river level guages.

The caravan park where my bus still is is about 6-8 feet underwater, had to make a hard decision, do I unhook the bus from the hard wall annex that is worth nearly as much as the bus or leave it connected. If I unhhoked it would mean goodbye annex because it would float away and gone forever so decided to leave it connected with everything up as high as possible above what was the original predicted peak water level. The electrical stuff should be ok [we hope] and I can drain all the sumps, diffs on the bus and give them a flush so she will survive . All the fishing gear is still there, maybe I should have left a few hooks baited so there is something to show for it all.

Will keep you all in the loop on what is happening if I can, will be very busy if it goes over as we, sea rescue will be the main back up then so all we can do is keep our fingers crossed and watch

Cheers John

John and everybody else in Carnarvan, my friends in the Big4 must be in the same dire straits as you, better give them a ring and see how they are.  Good luck John.

When I said she'd just be a bit of rain, didn't expect that.  Bit unhappy we couldn't have taken more off you up at Exxy rather than you getting the whole lot.  Hope things will be ok when you get back to home mate.

Hope the clean up isn't too bad!

hope all turns out ok for you all up there. A lot of good and bad in that system.

 shite mate. not good at all. i know the town needed some rain but this is a bit too much. hope there wont be any loss of lives with this going on. you klnoew how some people take risks. hope all your stuff in the bus will be there when you get back and not too much damage. wish i could be there to give you a hand like you were with us when we needed one.

good luck John

 just seen the floods on the news. doesnt look good. hopefully there wont be any more rain like they have forecast

Hope all works out for all up there. Sounds like you made the right choice to get out of the bus and leave it there.
Stay safe and good luck with the clean up.

goodluck there carnarvonite.........wishing you the best outcome mate....take care!

Good luck Carnarvonite!  Hope the damage isn't too bad for ya.

looks real bad up there,would have loved to see the river coming down, Merry xmas

Thoughts are with you guys up there. Hope things start to improve soon.

Scary stuff...hope you guys are hanging in there.  Stay safe.

Hopefully, it clears a bit before Christmas.

Cheers Pete

hope the damage and water logging is not too bad mate,

take it easy and don't do anything silly, nothing is worth the risk in flood waters.

cheers

John, keep an eye out for my mate James around town. Green Jackeroo with surfboards on the roof, shoulder length blond hair. He left Onslow Thursday arvo, heading for Perth and has been stranded in Carnarvon ever since! Bored stupid by now I imagine.

hold of friends in Carnarvon, sent emails, mobile texts, just hope the Simpsons are ok stay safe everybody