Tuesday 11 January 2011

sTuck - part III

greetings from Gayndah....
I am here by the Burnett river, sweeping away...
looks like I might be here a while....
am aghast, lost and feel helpless about rain flooding and water...
there is almost no words left...
just survival.
11.1.11

trying to keep spirits up after 11 days being either on the road, stuck, or trying to break through.
5000kms of road and looks like I aint going nowhere.
Luckily the town here is high and DRY.
Yet, am feeling philosophical, if the river rose it wouldn't be surprising.

Unimaginable...
driving through flood affected areas
has been incredibly affecting...
am feeling the humanity of this crisis, for everyone...
it hits me in the core...
the smell of flood is like nothing else...
when i crossed over areas of brown wasteland...seemed like the soul had been sucked and driven downstream...debris littered, remains of this serpentine mud mass....

here's some pics from me journal of the day
not sure it is interesting
just feel low, tired of it, no end in sight
can't quite explain what it is to be trapped in all directions

at least in this I am safe mu kids are on the other side
i have food and can still drink tea...
am lucky so lucky.
heart goes out to it all...




to be continued.....

5 comments:

  1. Imbi - my heart goes out to all (ALL)affected by this unimaginable ...
    have friends in Toowoomba, Rockhampton and Brisbane - Tis a tough ole country with tough ole people. Words cannot express but it really puts things into perspective.

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  2. totally....being in this zone just affects you completely or knowing someone...is a hugely humbling and life changing thing. we are tough...gotta keep on...thanks for the thoughts!!

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  3. Good look with everything. A very feeling post...and some lovely, sad, lonely looking marks too.

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  4. Hope you found a newspaper from Tuesday Imbi... Congrats on that... really well deserved from my view!
    great to read you qld travel notes... how curious that you came to be in the midst of it... on the road... seeing the sights and the people... stories up close!
    such a time!
    S

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