On the weekend John and I went to visit our dear friends Dennis and Amanda in Beachmere (which was just recovering from bushfires) to celebrate Dennis' birthday. But instead of extended family and a barbecue lunch, Dennis and Amanda got a visit from ex tropical cyclone Oswald, as king tide and flood waters causing a sea surge came over the sea wall and flooded the town. Good Beachmere residents came and helped each other but the damage would have been extensive.
So Dennis' birthday lunch was just us awesome foursome with quite wet feet ... and even John and I had to leave early so as not to be caught by more flooding. But we had a lovely time with Dennis and Amanda, and we agree that Beachmere is a *really* exciting place to visit!
Rain and wind lash the coast and the tide comes in. It was hard to stand up here.
A quiet place to meditate and watch the ocean?
The sea water floods the town. Nothing to be done, Mother Nature's in charge here ...
I made a short video as the water came in over the sea wall, probably to the detriment of my good camera...
Dennis helped neighbours and friends and meanwhile, the resilient and resourceful Amanda drummed up a lovely lunch after all ...
Calm during the storm ...
Thank you Dennis and Amanda for a lovely weekend!
After a rather difficult trip with torrential rain and much
wind, we made it home safely, just before more cyclonic winds hit our
farm. More updates on that to follow.
I'm a university academic who lives on a farm in Northern NSW. My passions are my family, my work, and my farm. I'm so lucky to be able to combine all three in my life. My academic research interests are social psychology, culture and communication. My non-academic research interests are very eclectic!
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