Great Ocean Rd down my way has been closed for 4 days now.
Today is hot and sunny.
Australia is feeling the good vibes from the planet, and we wish our Brazilian peeps well.
Some really sad stories emerging..hows this poor dude :
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/hero-watches-as-family-dies-in-...A COUNTRY firefighter has suffered the cruellest blow in the Grantham flood disaster.
Garry Jibson helped save dozens of townsfolk before Monday's furious storm, then had to watch helplessly as his wife and two of his three children perished.
A heartbroken Mr Jibson, 53, is still trying to find the words to tell his surviving son, Zachary, 7, that the rest of the family is gone.
His wife Llync, 31, eldest son Garry, 12, and his "little girl" Jocelyn, 5, died after he desperately tried to flee with them in his firetruck as an 8m wall of water engulfed the town.
He was washed out of the truck through an open window after pushing his son to safety up a tree.
"I just don't know how to tell Zach yet because he is hoping they will be found alive," Mr Jibson said.
For days before the inland tsunami struck, the Jibson family had been working to save others.
"The creeks had been flooding the road for weeks and we had been rescuing cars and doing medical evacuations, so I was exhausted," Mr Jibson said.
"I had just recovered a fire truck in Grantham which got washed off the road and was going back to sleep.
"The next minute I heard my neighbour calling out to have a look at Lockyer Creek and I saw the wall of water coming at us.
"I just yelled out to Llync to get in the truck with the kids."
He said the wall of water rolled the truck before they got out of the driveway.
"The water went over the top and was spinning the truck around," he said.
"It just hit us that fast. The truck rolled and all I could remember was there was a tree there, so I threw Zach out the window and said 'Climb boy' and I got swept out.
"The water washed me 150m away. I knew there were five big trees in our street so I grabbed on to the last one.
"I knew Llync and the kids were gone nearly straight away, but there was nothing I could do.
"I had to look after Zach. We both only had shorts on. We kept yelling to one another.
"The tree he was in, he could see through the windscreen. I was hoping dark would come in, so he didn't have to look at the truck."
For eight hours they hung in the trees, awaiting rescue, while Mr Jibson knew his loved ones were almost certainly lost to them both.
"Zach was scared and asking where his mum was, but I told him 'I don't know mate - just hold on'."
They were found at 10pm.
A disability pensioner, Mr Jibson moved his young family to Grantham two years ago.
Some amazing photos here :
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/gallery-fn7kabp3-1225979450055?...
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