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Empty and Full
There was a moment earlier today when I was quite literally the only person (aside from the bus-driver) on a bus in Sydney. It was in stark contrast to Sydney Airport generally, and my flight to Ballina specifically, which was packed to the rafters. I had a bugger of a job trying to get to [...]
Relaxed Holiday
For just a brief moment last night I thought we might have seen the start of “flood rain” here in Lismore. “Flood rain” is the phrase used in my family to describe sustained, heavy rainfall that, as you might expect, eventually leads to flooding. You don’t necessarily identify it by the volume of rain that [...]
Rocky Creek Dam
Two weeks ago, when I was in Lismore we had a minor-moderate flood. There’s a chance Lismore will flood again over the next few days at a moderate-major level. In anticipation, my niece, Karran went to the nearby Rocky Creek Dam and sent me some photographs to illustrate the depth of the storage at the [...]
Fireworks never disappoint
I’m sure my mum would have been horrified by what I wore to the New Years Eve Party at the Lismore Showground tonight. It wasn’t outrageous in any way, shape and form: it’s just that it wasn’t new. In my family at least there was always a custom to have new outfit for the Lismore [...]
More History
I went in search today of details about the still-born child my mum and dad had back in 1953. As with many things in my family, it wasn’t something that was talked about. Indeed, when I mentioned it to one of my older sisters, and showed her the record from the online historical indexes of [...]
Flashback
There was a feeling of deja vu as we watched the “ethnic drumming” which opened the Tropical Fruits Film Festival in Lismore today. A couple of hours earlier I’d been at the now-disused Lismore Railway Station. Well, not completely disused, as the station is still used for railway buses and has a travel centre. Aside [...]
After the rain
My holiday took another unexpected turn today, as I found myself on ABC North Coast radio for most of the afternoon and early evening doing half-hourly flood warnings. It was a bit of a flashback in some ways as I found myself once again on the radio saying place names like Bungawalbyn, Coraki and Wiangaree. [...]
Boxing Day
I feel sorry for the people who live in the house around the corner that burned down on Christmas Eve. Even though it was raining quite heavily, the house caught fire and was pretty much destroyed. Apparently they were away on holidays, so it’s going to be a sad return home for them. A couple [...]
The River’s Up
There was an additional activity to the usual Christmas Day routine in our family: we spent an hour or so driving around looking at the river. As a result of the constant rain of the last few days (weeks) the Wilson’s River at Lismore has reached minor flood level. With more rain over the next [...]
Work and Life
There was a lot of talk, both at work and at home today about the possibility of flooding in Lismore this summer. Over the last few weeks I keep hearing about the similarity between weather patterns now and those which resulted in the Nyngan Flood of 1990, and those which resulted in the floods in [...]
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