Definitely starting to sound like the end of days. Just do us all a favor and be wary of a pale horse. The man who rides upon it is Death. And hell follow with him.

Shit, I thought that was the Lone Ranger and three of his mates.

The dark side.

News report from the ABC talks of looters and a bull shark at Goodna, 20 miles inland.

The shark was probably just trying to get away from all the rain. Poor thing. :(

I'd be more worried about the looters, but the shark is impressive.

The bull shark is renowned as a killer, a river and canal dweller.

Maybe, but the flooding itself has killed more than that bull shark has.

Without doubt. The shark's just another risk for the rescue workers.

Bull sharks are notorious for attacking people. nasty pieces of work. Bad enough what people/rescuers/etc are dealing with without adding sharks (and i heard the was a croc floating around too) into the equation

Army/police should have permission to shoot looters on sight as far as i'm concerned, low life bastards. Although i did like the mayor of Ipswich's suggestion of using them as flood markers!

The death toll is rising, now at 13 and predicted to go higher :(

Just need to be careful we don't shoot someone checking on their mum's place, or indeed, other looter hunting squads.

Sharks are cool though. Hopefully it doesn't have the opportunity to get into trouble. In my opinion crocs and gators are worse than sharks. Most sharks take a bite and swim off. Crocs and gators get a hold of you and take you down for a death roll. There's not much of a chance to survive that.

Poor Brazil's copping it worse at the moment, 250+ dead so far in floods and mudslides.

Some of these bullsharks, it would only take one bite to kill. Bullsharks are aggressive and i highly doubt they take one nibble, they have certainly killed before. Regardless its just another thing the people of the area dont need!

I think i'd rather the croc actually, least it will kill you fairly quickly. Being bitten significantly by a shark, floating in filthy flood waters when you have no idea how long til rescue would be horrid. The blood would attract more said sharks in the vicinity also

Oz is worse. I don't have friends in Brazil.

Ya' get the feeling the world is going bonkers. California rains and mudslides; New England snowfalls; Australian and Brazilian rains; and, who knows what else. :spin:

What was that song ... "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off."

I'd rather sayF*ck The World

Has Bilbo made it back to Hobbitsville yet?

It would be Hobbiton Oldfart.

Yeah he got back Thursday...came back through Cunninghams Gap (1 lane disappeared though)

Glad to hear that, Fangtasia. Now, if the country can just get dried out a bit and let people start to put their lives back together. We'll keep up the good wishes and prayers! :thumbs:

They're going to have to hose away a few million tons of mud, so I hope there's enough water to do the job.

Oldfart, I think your mind may be slipping. There's plenty of water which is causing the mud. What you need is a drought and shovel. LOL. I do hope everything gets righted quickly though.

Definately dont need drought again thanx, we needed the floods, all dams are now at 100% capacity (some over that)

We just didnt need the loss of life nor the huge cleanup bill

Every event has it's lunatic fringe.

From the ABC News,

Two people were rescued in Melbourne's east yesterday after riding down the Yarra River on blow-up sex dolls.

The 19-year-old man and 19-year-old woman were riding the dolls at Warrandyte North, when the woman lost grip of her doll in rough water around 4.30pm (AEST).

She grabbed hold of a tree and the man flagged down a passer-by, who contacted police and the State Emergency Service (SES).

The pair was checked by ambulance officers but did not need medical treatment.

Police say the fate of the inflatable dolls is unknown.