Mercy Dash

Our supermarket shelves are nearing empty in this corner of Australia. I went into the supermarket yesterday in preparation for my mother arriving. I know my mother likes her cereal in the morning but when I went to the cereal aisle, it was virtually empty. E M P T Y. And don't even think about buying any fresh produce. There isn't any at ANY of Cairns supermarkets. That is no exaggeration either. I'll definitely be hitting Rusty's Market tomorrow.

This is of course due to the crap roads up here. A tiny bit of rain and the major highway and lifeline to this city is flooded. Pathetic. The Bruce Highway is always flooded, but it is a crap road anyway. It is mainly single lane from Cairns to Townsville (340 k's south) and very difficult to pass cars that are slowing up the traffic...

I saw in the paper this morning that Police are escorting trucks from Townsville to Cairns, loaded with groceries. They are calling it a 'Mercy Dash'. Yes, it is getting bad up here. (Thanks to ex-Tropical Cyclone Nelson.)
I'll be off hitting the supermarket a little later, me thinks. Before the shelves are emptied again. But only if it stops raining...