The January rains arrive and thanks to cyclone Oswald there is flooding in North Queensland. Floods also hit Brisbane and we have local flooding on the Gold Coast.

Clive decided that he needed to start working on his train project - purely for his grand daughters of course - so it was designing a layout on the computer and then onto EBay to buy bits and pieces. Then to Bunnings for some timber for the bases and he was off and running. The layout has been changed a few times since and it's only been going for a few weeks, but it appears to be coming together and he should have a working layout by the time Nan visits.

Mudgeeraba Creek over flows onto Hardy's Road.	This is normally a car park.	.	Heading west on Franklin Drive.
The other side of the road is under water.	.	The boat ramp near work.	This tree took out the power to the office.
Tide levels back to normal.	Timber for the baseboard.	Checking that it all fits.	First section completed.
Another section.	Base layout all done.	.	.

Some trains just for show.	.	.	Rough design of the finished layout.
.	.	Track starting to get laid.	.
Gai decides it all needs moving.	Up under the window now.	Half of it now moved.	Just the end section to go.
Done - all up off the ground.	Clive laying track.	Getting out from the middle.	.
The outside loop is completed.	Starting the inside loop.	.	Carriages holding yard soon to be changed.
Extending the holding yard.	The turn out point moved.	Joined back up again.	.
Working continues on the inner loop.