We're okay!

We're okay, but it's absolutely dire north of us in Brisbane, but we're about 6-7 hours south of Brisbane.

We got away in good time from Gold Coast (about 1 hour south of Brisbane) -and there's sun here at Soldier's Point.  It's on a peninsula by Nelson Bay, just east of Newcastle, and we're definitely okay. We'll be leaving tomorrow morning for Sydney. 

Thank goodness we remained one step ahead of the flooding.  It seemed as soon as we left an area, it got cut off but we're safe and dry and ready to head home on Saturday afternoon.

We may have internet tomorrow in Sydney .  Right now I'm at an internet cafe just checking on friends we've met in the flooded areas.