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| View from our hostel |
We both woke up at about 6am to rain pouring down on our tent. We had a slow morning by making pancakes in the camp kitchen and by doing some laundry. We watched the rain come down for hours, but we could not wait it out, as it just wouldn’t stop. We reluctantly packed up our tent in the rain, and moved up the coast to Surfer’s Paradise where we checked into a hostel for a couple of days. We’ve checked the forecast and it doesn’t look good. Several areas of Southeast Queensland are already flooding as well as areas of Brisbane (where we are headed next). We won’t be camping near any rivers or creeks anytime soon. They’re predicting rain for the next week (so much for the sunshine state). It’s a bit scary because almost exactly a year ago, this same area experienced flash floods and cyclones. The Waterfall Way road we took to the rainforest just the other day is currently closed due to a landslide. We will have a good look at the warnings as we try to make our way north over the next couple days.
