With the amount of rain falling on Melbourne over the last two days, it doesn’t take much dreaming to envision a wet Christmas! Forecasts are for fine and 25, but I suspect it will be wet underfoot in many places still and the tree/ earthwork damage will still be visible anyway.
It reminds me of a Christmas when I was a kid – I only remember bits & pieces of it (and it may have been a family Christmas party rather than on Christmas Day although my memory is Christmas Day) I don’t remember Christmas celebrations themselves affected by rain and water, but going home was a different story!
Driving along Dandenong Road, the road was covered in water – at least ankle deep is my guess. There weren’t a lot of cars on the road, and all were travelling slowly and carefully. I think our engine must have been flooded because I remember Dad walking off through the pouring rain, trudging through the lake of the service road to reach a phone booth and call for help.
I don’t remember who rescued us and can’t imagine who he called for help – my Grandparents would have been closest but they never drove or owned a car! Maybe he just rang the RACV and I can only imagine how long a wait that would have been on such a night.
It was a bit scary – I think the car breaking down and Dad not automatically fixing it broke a few childish illusions 🙂
Here’s hoping Christmas Day this year will be a little less adventurous, as much as we appreciate the rain!
We’re in melbourne, too and had a tree fall down across our yard yesterday – so grateful my daughter wasn’t playing there and that it didn’t damage the house.
I was dreaming of some rain before Christmas for the farmers and resevoirs, but this was a little more than I was thinking of!
Yes, it certainly is wet in Melbourne tonight – but skies should clear in time for Santa to get through 🙂
An interesting Christmas memory, PreciousWater (is that where you developed an interest in water and water cosneration?!) and one of those experiences that makes a good story but doesn’t feel so good at the time!