Feb. 27, 2012

Off to Proserpine to visit my cousins daughter and her family.  They live about 120 Km north of the village of Marion, which is in the Pioneer valley and is part of MacKay council region.

It has been raining for 5 days now and I have had a problem with posting to my blog as the electrical storm have been interfering with the wireless connection. Have had 10 inches of rain and we were told that the road to Proserpine might be closed due to flooding, but although the water was over the road it was passable. 

Had a good visit and returned later in the evening to rain showers and a chorus of frogs.

one way traffic through the flooded area of road.

flooded fields

you can just see the center line

This is the same area about 6 hours later and there is no water on the road at all

The water was about 6 to 8 inches deep for about 2 Km and because of a very high tide caused the road to flood and on our return about 6 to 7 hours later the road was virtually dry.

Feb. 28, 2012.

Getting packed up, leaving my cousins in Marion and off tomorrow for Sydney, going by train again, but it may be an adventure because just heard that the rail has been cut at Gympie which is about 660
Km from here  on the way to Brisbane. I go to Brisbane and then take the bus to Casino where I get the train to Sydney.  Have to take the bus because the gauge of the rail in Queensland is different from the rail gauge in New South Wales and so one has to take the bus to catch the train.
I arrive in Sydney and it is the Mardi Gras  weekend, had a time finding a hotel as they all were booked up, but had my Best Western Card and finally found a room in a hotel that I had used while in Sydney 3 years ago. the Hotel Stellar, which is near Hyde Park and not far from most sites.