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Welcome again

Well what an amazing week it’s been. Unprecedented flooding and rain throughout the district with some people getting up to 10 inches over a 4 day period. The older guys are saying they have never seen a flood and rain event like it before.

Focus on the farm as well

The focus has been well and truly on the 30 odd towns effected by flooding but we need to spare a thought for the farmers and farms that have been flooded. I know this will be a devastating blow for many farmers, especially along flooded creek and river flats. Fences, stocks, crops, pastures, farm houses, sheds, vehicles and machinery have all been affected. And worst of all a lot of insurance policies wont cover many of the above-mentioned items.

Humour amongst the devastation

Our very own Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson has been doing it tough on his farm which is split by the Dunmunkle Creek. I’m pretty sure a big part of his farm was flooded and the surrounds of his house up to the floorboard but luckily not over them. I had to laugh when he wrote on Facebook “sorry guys for not getting back to you so soon, been wrestling with mother nature the cranky old bitch”

Jacks back, not really he didn’t really go anywhere

Listening to the Country Hour today on the ABC and who do I hear, our very own John “Jack” Cameron and let me tell you he didn’t let the punters down. He was telling it like it is as per usual about the floods and rain but he relayed to about 100,000 rural listeners that his biggest fear is now a fire for the area. The reporter was a bit taken aback with this and asked why? Jack said “one would get going now and we wouldn’t stop because all the fire trucks would get bogged, so we would have to run out with wet hessian bags like we used to 50 years ago to stop it”. That last bit was classic “Jack” and I’m not sure what the reporter was thinking after that statement. In times of crisis Jack will keep us entertained.

Is Don is good

Banyena Guru Don McAllister was the following act to Jack cameo on the Country Hour and again told it like it is or was. He had a massive floods go over his property and has lost a lot of fencing. No holidays this year Don said, “we will have to stay home fencing”

That’s it