Well, THAT was some rain.
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The other day I used this spot to bemoan the fact the weather gods were toying with us and we needed the monsoon and soon.
I noted Lake Moondarra was down to 45.1% and Lake Julius was at 72.6%.
What a difference a week makes.
The heavens duly answered my prayers on Saturday and soaked Mount Isa with a wonderful 80mm and some follow up rain in the days after.
And as I check Mount Isa Water Board's website at lunchtime Tuesday, Lake Moondarra has recovered to 71.7% while Lake Julius is at 94.1% and threatening to spill over if it continues.
I couldn't sleep on Saturday night and got up at 3.30am to check out the new Isa St Bridge.
It had been shut earlier than evening and I saw the waters lapping the road and heard a chorus of contented frogs in the night.
It was still closed Australia Day morning and the rain also forced the cancellation of the Splashez events planned for the day.
Noting that Camooweal had got over 140mm the previous day and the highway west of town to the border was shut, I also took the sad but sensible decision not to drive up for the Australia Day lawnmower racing which I've enjoyed the last couple of years.
I probably would have made it, but needing to be back in Mount Isa at 5pm for the Australia Day awards, I didn't want to risk being stuck behind some flash-flooding creek with only the cows for company.
So reluctantly I stayed in town and caught some of the action at the Isa Hotel's pie eating competition before heading to the Civic Centre for the awards.
The Rolling Tones put us all in a patriotic mood with rousing renditions of I Am Australian and I Still Call Australia Home and as always the awards themselves celebrated the achievements of some great unsung heroes of our community.
My congratulations to all winners, especially to citizen of the year Grant Szabadics, senior citizen of the year Aunty Joan Marshall and junior citizen of the year Manny Williams.
A special shout out too to the Mount Isa Rural Fire Service whose volunteer members have been doing great work fighting bushfires in New South Wales in their own time.
They were deserving winners of a Spirit of Mount Isa award.