Haha. Keep dry and warm.

Well anyway, stay safe( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Well this is quite the waiting game isn’t it !

Had an odd one yesterday, four neighbours were without power but I was fine.

Ran extension leads across the road to one house. That was a great time for him to look into why his portable Genny wasn’t working. He took it somewhere to be looked at. Nothing like being prepared right.

Went next door to retrieve contents of another neighbours freezer as they’re down the Central Coast visiting family. Good timing.

Oh yeah they told me to grab their very small generator from under the house, told me where the remote roller door keys were hanging up.

Now, as an electrician I was somewhat surprised to find that the roller door didn’t work, hmmmmm must be something to do with the electricity being out. DOH !

We absolutely take water and electricity for granted. I mean I even went to switch the lights on in their house, lol.

Then I took about ten shots of expresso to another neighbours house so we could have expresso Martinis. Having no power meant that she couldn’t grind her coffee beans. This was at 10 am by the way.

Oh had my first beer very early. Unsure of the time but it was about 8 for a blokes birthday. I’m easily led…

The power came back on for the neighbours.

A big area slightly further away had no power for quite a while.

We are all checking on one another.

This is in Russell Island by the way.

We were told that there was no Energex crew here over the phone with them but thankfully there is.

Bless those people, and the volunteer groups like SES and rural Fire brigade.

Ok, stay safe.

Mind saying where that was ?

Oh and hey, your book went flat !?!?! Lol, modern times indeed.

And to answer your question, yes of course. There’s a big sense of community that you rarely, very rarely find elsewhere. The commute is a bummer at times, but hey I get to ride in a boat often too. It’s not for everyone but those of us that appreciate it are extremely content.

I have been renting a huge Queenslander overlooking the water back to Redland Bay for two years now. However the first 14 months I rented a tiny room in a house with a hoarder. Yeah … Well anyway now I see some awesome sunsets at times, especially when the cane fires happen around Yatala.
As for being an owner, well with my super I bought a block of land a year ago for $44,000.

I will be getting two shipping containers moved there real soon for storage. Eventually I will live in a large off road camper trailer. Need to get power and water on, then rough it a bit and try to build a house with the rent that I’ll save. But of an adventure. Oh and I’m not young…

Jesus ten days !?!? That must’ve been hellish. Did you lose much food in the fridge and freezer ? And yeah we really do take electricity for granted. Did you still go to work or Uni or whatever you do, did you read books, what did you get up to ? Due to the many trees we have here we lose power often, and Energex have to come from Cleveland so that can be a pain. But it’s only ever been for many hours, not days. That would drive lots of people nuts. So yeah good luck.

Moved here three years ago. I was visiting friends for a few years prior. Three older couples moved here that I met back in Southport. I had lived there for six years in total. Then the unit I was renting got sold and I was bouncing from share house to share house, was struggling with work too. So I was a bit lost and frustrated. I decided to give this a go.

I believe it’s from the lights on the Storey Bridge mate. Makes sense really.

Every workday mate yes. The first passenger ferry at 4:30 is choka block. Plenty of people standing every day.

Capacity is 200. You have to get used to it, but it certainly adds a whole new dimension to getting back and to. You don’t just put stuff in your car and get it out at your front door. You have to plan plenty of things. Getting stuff over like a washing machine, tv or lawn mower for instance, you have to walk onto the car barge. And pay cargo fees of course. I get booze delivered from First Choice, saves carting cartons. They can get heavy. The IGA on the island is DAMN expensive. Feel free to ask anything and I’ll try to answer.

On the ferry home now and it feels great. No more after noon tomorrow apparently so won’t be going to work. Oh no…

So we really are living in upside down world, no wait it just flipped and it’s the other way now. Hang on which one happened first though ?

Anyway measles, pfffffft just like magic it will disappear in fifteen days.

I appreciate this info mate. Thanks.

Well I’m on the ferry from Russell Island on my way to work. Surprised that it seems to be as busy as usual. I have read a message from the Premier telling us to evacuate. Also Sealink have issued a statement saying that the ferries might be shutdown today or tomorrow.
My neighbours are away down South for ten days so a couple of us went and secured things on their deck yesterday afternoon. We took some stuff inside too.
Maybe the cyclone will fizzle out, or head in a different direction. Scary times for sure.
Stay safe everybody, we may be in for an awful experience.

It’s pretty damn out there for sure.

The lighting is from the ferry terminal jetty. Otherwise it was pitch black. Taken at about 4:10 am. I was blown away by that blue sky. I looked into what causes it too. Just Mother nature doing her thing, or the universe or those people that control the fake sky up there on the big dome that covers us…

SEQ resident here. So am I going to work on Tuesday or what ?

It’s quite a worry of course. I have to catch a ferry on the bay so I might be having some time off work. Or marooned on the mainland. Eeeeek.

Also, it could fizzle or head in a different direction. Let’s hope we all stay safe.

Just found the pics from a few years ago and posted, blue sky.

Oh absolutely yes. I’ll dig out the one where it’s just all that colour blue. It was amazing to witness.

Ok thanks. I’ll see about working it out. I have a little bit of content I could post there.