There is only one boat in front of us today. Pete has two anchors out and all the chain he has, so we think he is pretty safe. The other boat that was in front and unmanned is now behind us. The owners boarded her and hauled anchor and drifted past us to reanchor behind. We guess they trust our anchor more than theirs.
There has been a continous flow of pontoons sailing past. There must have been 50 over the past few days. Where are they all going? You should be able to walk across the bay to Moreton Island by now. Anyway we are still okay anchored on the inside of a bend in the river. Most of the debris is running down the middle of the river.
They are talking about releasing more water out of the dam, raising the river level another 2m. This will trigger another series of debris to come down. We will just put out some more chain to cope with the higher level and should be fine.
A friend who is anchored futher down river has been hit by one of the pontoons, causing him to drag for several hundred metres before he could reanchor. Shortly after a motor launch hit him and has tangled around his anchor chain. Theo is on his boat on his own and can’t remove the pontoon and launch on his own but they are threatening the safety of his boat. The police and marine rescue are too busy attending life threatening situations to help just now so Theo has to do the best he can.
About 1400 homes will have flooding. It’s an unprecedented event that is surprising everyone.
If we had a more powerful outboard motor we could have picked up a jteskii
Below is why you should not let your water intake get blocked