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by mranderson 21 Feb 2015 ( edited Feb 24'15 00:58 )
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I am back from my "cuddle fest" in Brisbane. Just had to see my two little grandsons. Went up Thursday and back to-day. What a trip home with the bad weather. I have never, in all my years of driving, been through such terrible rain. All I could do was follow the white lines and the shape of vehicles in front of me. This was for about an hour. Rain eased off closer to home but was rain all the way. There was some water just over the road bout 10 minutes from home (not deep). Still light rain here. Am feeling really sad for the people further up the Queensland coast who have lost so much. Hugs Marg

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by aussiequilter 21 Feb 2015
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glad your home safe and sound , and had a nice time at your cuddle fest
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by mranderson 21 Feb 2015
Thank you, I had a wonderful time.......not long enough. Hugs Marg
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by marianb 21 Feb 2015
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Nice to hear you got lots of cuddles with your little ones and glad you didn't get stuck somewhere on the way home.
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by mranderson 21 Feb 2015
Thank you. These little ones grow too fast these days. I did make the most of my few days. I did do a bit of a panic at one stage coming home..... in the middle lane and barely able to see it was scary for a few seconds. Hugs Marg
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by pennifold 21 Feb 2015
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Hi Marg, we've been away up in the Hunter and I had TV on all day yesterday watching the Cyclone in Queensland. I can't believe the amount of rain that has fallen and I too feel so sorry for all the damage done to property, animals and the forestation. It's very scary driving in conditions like that, so glad you made it home safely. We drove through rain like that once and was nearly going to pull over but it stopped. Love Chris
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by nonna57 21 Feb 2015
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Marg glad you had a good time with grands, We heading up to brissy over Easter for "cuddle fest" too. ")
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by 02kar 21 Feb 2015
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Thank goodness for cuddle fests. I'm glad you enjoyed yours. I'm grateful you made it home safe and sound. Driving through torrential rains and flooding is so dangerous.
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by airyfairy 21 Feb 2015
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Keep safe Marg. Great to have you back.
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by ansalu 21 Feb 2015
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Glad you are home save and that you enjoyed the little ones. My kids grow so fast - Anna is nearly my hight now with her 12 years ( her feet also :o) ). Hope you can relax now and don't need to drive again too soon.
Greetings, Bettina
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by cfidl 21 Feb 2015
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Thanks for posting and glad you are home safe.
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by lbrow 21 Feb 2015
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I am glad you made it home safely/Lillian
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by vickiannette 21 Feb 2015
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not often, thankfully that we have 2 cyclones on the same weekend. Lam in NT, Marcia in Qld. Both very destructive, but the Qld one hit where more people live so got a lot more TV coverage. Think I would have been pulling into the nearest Motel, Marg, instead of driving in it.
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by mranderson 21 Feb 2015
It is only an hour and half drive. The rain was so torrential and I could hardly see the car in front of me and I was in the second lane of a four lane highway Not a good place to be for pulling to the side of the road with traffic everywhere.
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by dragonflyer 22 Feb 2015
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Glad you got to see your grands...glad you are home safely!
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by sandralochran 23 Feb 2015
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Glad you where you kept safe .Yes we had a lot of wind and rain .I just stayed indoor .Clear sky this am
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by sandralochran 23 Feb 2015
Where did you come from ?
by mranderson 23 Feb 2015
Sandra we live at Murwillumbah in NSW
by mranderson 23 Feb 2015
Our daughter is at Victoria Point
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by baldacchino 23 Feb 2015
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Hi Marg, we have just come back from Cairns 2 Weeks holiday, had some rain but had a good time, we are near Jimboomba, face Mt Tamborine QLD, we got over 200mls from the cyclone , we are all right as we are on a hill high up , if we get rained in all of Brisbane would be under Ha Ha, Glad you had a lovely cuddle fest , we have friends in Rockhampton and can't get though to them on the Phone yet as the power is still out pore people up there we wish them well L Sherene X
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by raels011 24 Feb 2015
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glad you are safe now we need some pics