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Well, the heavens have opened again – nothing too dramatic (my rain gauge shows 29 mil) but on top of the recent downpour, our bridges are over again.

Lets start at the top and work our way down…

The 4th bridge is over

and here is a video of it flowing

(I always think that still photos of the 4th bridge just don’t convey the impact)

We slackly didn’t stop at the Green Bridge as it hadn’t been over and no work has been done on it. (I’m driving around that nasty raised ridge just after the west end)

And here’s the low bridge.

The low bridge at Kirk Lane

We’re supposed to be going over this bridge this morning in our extremely low slung classic 1964 Studebaker Cruiser which we have just sold, but its just so not happening! Can’t deliver a sodden vehicle (At 2 tonnes I don’t think it would get washed off, and the air intake is nice and high, but the car body itself sits very low. Oh dear!)

Here’s some video:

The low bridge half a metre under

and a 4wd crossed the creek while we watched.

A 4wd crossing the Low Bridge at Kirk Lane

We would cross this with a good reason, but 50cm is about the limit. As the rain has now stopped the creek will drop quickly and it will be easily passable by 4WD quite soon.

And here is a shot of our neighbour’s bridge. Because. (Honestly, I’m not intensely jealous of it – any rumours you hear to the contrary are just untrue! ) See how the fast flowing water is just rolling over their old low bridge? Very cool!

and here’s the creek height – you can see when all the rain reached the creek…

Creek height graph. The red line shows the normal creek height
(click through to see what the creek is doing now)

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