Today was our first reasonably fine day in weeks
the tractors sit silently
the men wait patiently
the silos are only half full
I tried to take some photos of the bridges
under water but
couldn't get close enough for all
the other
rubberneckers!
That's not me of course
I am serious about this
I need to take photos for you!!!
The traffic in town is appalling
more like Sydney than a country town
as they edge the semis
around the swollen river banks
and over the old bridges that weren't
meant to take these weights
The school children stayed home
the roads are all closed
Tonight our river is going down
but in other towns they wait fearfully
for the expected rises still to come
After more than ten years of drought
this is a cruel way to end it
These beautiful paddocks overflowing
with the best growth in years,
the answer to so many prayers,
are fit now only for feed
if and when they can get the machinery in
without becoming hopelessly bogged
Say a little prayer for our farmers when you go to bed tonight
they need all the help they can get
Goodnight
