By William Lister
Last week Mum let me take a few days off school to spend some time together before the baby arrives. We were supposed to go camping at Foxbar falls with Dad but it was raining so we had to cancel. The forecast was for flooding rain and big storms. On the morning after the big rain, we took Jeremy to school but we had to use a different bridge because the one we normally use in town was closed because of the flooding and the road that runs along our property was also closed at the creek crossing because of flooding. On the way back home we stopped to have a look at the flood water along Quart Pot Creek near the tourist information centre and I found a yabbie. I didn’t want to touch it so mum picked it up and we took it home and put it in the pond. I named him nipper and mum said that was a good name because he keeps snipping the water lilly flowers off. I’m not sure what happened to nipper because he’s not in the pond anymore but mum said maybe one of the cats got him.
Mum said the flooding reminded her of when she was pregnant with Jeremy in 2011 because Mum and Dad were posted to Amberley then and the Brisbane flooding was so bad they were worried they couldn’t get to the hospital.
