October 27, 2025 • 6 mins
Disaster is frustrated by unnecessary traffic when road signs are blatantly ignored.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Thanks to Abby Rural, we catch up once again with
Grant Disaster McMaster, who is based at Close Friends Station
not far off Lake Waka Tippoo A disaster. Good afternoon.
We've had the wind down here and some rain and
some snow, but you're seriously over rain by the sounds
of it were you're based.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, we've had a good afternoon. Any good after everybody.
And I'm actually sitting about twenty meters from the lake
at the moment. I've just been over to over to
home and gully raids to go through the watch the
lakes and the paddocks here and shift some cattle and
some hog its around. And then I've had to pick
up a can m if a made of mine that
lives in an airtown because the Milk Lake road is out
(00:48):
because it's been washed out and can't get in there
and can't get up the back way from up Lake
to Stupe, which is a road from my place up
through the back of the station. So managed to get
get a can am. But there's fever of snow last
night and so it's just been interest to see what
the road's like in the late But one isn't a
bad I've got this thing on a trailer, so I've
(01:09):
got to take it off and get in and see
what's happening. But no, we've had two hundred and fifty
mills of rain over the last ten days.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Jesus.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So, yeah, that's enough to make a glass eye weep,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
That's a much of rain today. It's absurd, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
It is. And so it's sitting at the temperature now
is sitting about just getting up. It's five degrees. I
did some soil, took some saw readings a couple of
days ago, and it was still sitting at eight point five.
But I don't know it'll be now well, I'll probably
it won't be any worse because the water is it's
just absolutely waterlog So no, the Yeah, so it's snow
(01:47):
last night right down just off the lake level, and
as I say, quite a lot over the our town
through Mulligan's rode the back, right underneath Cornet Peak. It's
probably about five inches of snow there. It's it's thing
away now, but looking up on the skifield at Corny
it's you know, there's more, there's more snow there. And
they had most of the winter so and the forecasters
(02:10):
are looking a little bit better Andy, but it would.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Need to forecaster is looking good into next week. I
had a quick text with Phil Duncan this morning, quick
catch up, and he did say the forecast is going
to improve. So how it's got.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
To, Yeah, it has. So with all this rain, the
road that our main access into into Moat Lake, which
is you know, the center of the place is up
off the main road and public road right out, but
it's had there's been so much rain coming off the
hill and now it's a gravel road and it's you know,
there's springs and it's just like current's running down each
(02:45):
side of it. So it gets to Lake Kirkpatrick, and
Lake Patrick's a small lake. It's probably just about a
kay around it. The road goes and but we can't
at the cattle stop there, the road is washed away
and and it's just gone. It just bog. So there's
been a road closed sign up since last Saturday. And
(03:06):
people see don't seem to be able to read and
and this is they aren't. They aren't all tourists either,
I can assure you that. So there must be a
lot of robineckers. But tell them to go and get
through there. And my neighbor got a wheel digger to
go through to Ben Loman, which is beyond me with
road stops, because he's had massive slips come down and
he can't get out back to his place. And Jones
(03:28):
on the digger on Saturday pulled down about full vehicles
that were stuck, you know, had ignored the road close sign.
So so that's the reason I've had to get the
can am to get to get through through around Lake
Around through Lake Kpatrick. We have road a track that
goes around the other side of that, so I'll be
(03:50):
able to get through there. But you know the people
that come out and don't listen to weather warnings, it's
you can you know, you can't help stupidity, can you.
People put up these signs for a reason, and and
everybody's so bloody righteous they know what's going on. And
a lady when I was going out the other day,
and because I've been able to get through, someone was
(04:13):
a key. We were coming towards me in a four
will drive and I just slowed down and I said,
I said, I said, you look like somebody that should
be able to read. And she said, I know, we're
just going to get some's going to get some water.
I said, well, see a paint of that, But you know,
it's it's the way it goes, and hopefully there's you know,
they put these they put these signs up for a reason.
(04:35):
And you know, while it's wet here and it's not
best for lambing and carving and feed and what have
you, you know, it's it's it's nothing compared to what all
their friends and the Target and South and kay Koran
throughout other parts of the country going through. So I'm
you know, our hearts go out to them and and
you know, because that's not just the farming fraternity, it's
you know, it's the the old and the people that
(04:57):
are vulnerable that you know having an electricity or food
and that's what's good about the country and Providence and Province.
We all mucking together and help out. So you know,
we're pretty up here. I don't want you to think
I'm complaining. I'm just saying that it is. But you know,
we've got nothing to worry about compared to the rest
of the country. And it's going to be a bloody
long hall out for a lot.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Just coincidentally as well, before we wrap up, hell is
lambing going. How far through would you be?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Oh, we'll be halfway through. And you know, like when
I was through on on on Sunday, you know there's
still lambs are poking about and not seeing a lot
of dead lambs lying around, and you know you can
get a pretty good look at you know, glassing the
hill and what have you. Don't get in and poke
around amongst them. But I have fatness paddocks. You know,
(05:45):
we've we've lost a few there, but not as not
as bad as I've you know, I thought it could
have been. But as I say, that's farming and and
and that's nature. But our thoughts to everyone on the
target out and that are really struggling.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Good under ground. Always always appreciate your thoughts all the
bees for your issues up there with the weather.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Too, mate, capable talk next week.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Grab McMaster thanks to ABI Rural. Before we wrap up,
all going to plan and we're going to catch up
with Jack Rudolph and the environments South and Slot Now.
Of course Jack is the emergency controller on behalf of
emergency management self and the response team there
Thanks to Abby Rural, we catch up once again with
Grant Disaster McMaster, who is based at Close Friends Station
not far off Lake Waka Tippoo A disaster. Good afternoon.
We've had the wind down here and some rain and
some snow, but you're seriously over rain by the sounds
of it were you're based.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, we've had a good afternoon. Any good after everybody.
And I'm actually sitting about twenty meters from the lake
at the moment. I've just been over to over to
home and gully raids to go through the watch the
lakes and the paddocks here and shift some cattle and
some hog its around. And then I've had to pick
up a can m if a made of mine that
lives in an airtown because the Milk Lake road is out
(00:48):
because it's been washed out and can't get in there
and can't get up the back way from up Lake
to Stupe, which is a road from my place up
through the back of the station. So managed to get
get a can am. But there's fever of snow last
night and so it's just been interest to see what
the road's like in the late But one isn't a
bad I've got this thing on a trailer, so I've
(01:09):
got to take it off and get in and see
what's happening. But no, we've had two hundred and fifty
mills of rain over the last ten days.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Jesus.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So, yeah, that's enough to make a glass eye weep,
isn't it.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
That's a much of rain today. It's absurd, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
It is. And so it's sitting at the temperature now
is sitting about just getting up. It's five degrees. I
did some soil, took some saw readings a couple of
days ago, and it was still sitting at eight point five.
But I don't know it'll be now well, I'll probably
it won't be any worse because the water is it's
just absolutely waterlog So no, the Yeah, so it's snow
(01:47):
last night right down just off the lake level, and
as I say, quite a lot over the our town
through Mulligan's rode the back, right underneath Cornet Peak. It's
probably about five inches of snow there. It's it's thing
away now, but looking up on the skifield at Corny
it's you know, there's more, there's more snow there. And
they had most of the winter so and the forecasters
(02:10):
are looking a little bit better Andy, but it would.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Need to forecaster is looking good into next week. I
had a quick text with Phil Duncan this morning, quick
catch up, and he did say the forecast is going
to improve. So how it's got.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
To, Yeah, it has. So with all this rain, the
road that our main access into into Moat Lake, which
is you know, the center of the place is up
off the main road and public road right out, but
it's had there's been so much rain coming off the
hill and now it's a gravel road and it's you know,
there's springs and it's just like current's running down each
(02:45):
side of it. So it gets to Lake Kirkpatrick, and
Lake Patrick's a small lake. It's probably just about a
kay around it. The road goes and but we can't
at the cattle stop there, the road is washed away
and and it's just gone. It just bog. So there's
been a road closed sign up since last Saturday. And
(03:06):
people see don't seem to be able to read and
and this is they aren't. They aren't all tourists either,
I can assure you that. So there must be a
lot of robineckers. But tell them to go and get
through there. And my neighbor got a wheel digger to
go through to Ben Loman, which is beyond me with
road stops, because he's had massive slips come down and
he can't get out back to his place. And Jones
(03:28):
on the digger on Saturday pulled down about full vehicles
that were stuck, you know, had ignored the road close sign.
So so that's the reason I've had to get the
can am to get to get through through around Lake
Around through Lake Kpatrick. We have road a track that
goes around the other side of that, so I'll be
(03:50):
able to get through there. But you know the people
that come out and don't listen to weather warnings, it's
you can you know, you can't help stupidity, can you.
People put up these signs for a reason, and and
everybody's so bloody righteous they know what's going on. And
a lady when I was going out the other day,
and because I've been able to get through, someone was
(04:13):
a key. We were coming towards me in a four
will drive and I just slowed down and I said,
I said, I said, you look like somebody that should
be able to read. And she said, I know, we're
just going to get some's going to get some water.
I said, well, see a paint of that, But you know,
it's it's the way it goes, and hopefully there's you know,
they put these they put these signs up for a reason.
(04:35):
And you know, while it's wet here and it's not
best for lambing and carving and feed and what have
you, you know, it's it's it's nothing compared to what all
their friends and the Target and South and kay Koran
throughout other parts of the country going through. So I'm
you know, our hearts go out to them and and
you know, because that's not just the farming fraternity, it's
you know, it's the the old and the people that
(04:57):
are vulnerable that you know having an electricity or food
and that's what's good about the country and Providence and Province.
We all mucking together and help out. So you know,
we're pretty up here. I don't want you to think
I'm complaining. I'm just saying that it is. But you know,
we've got nothing to worry about compared to the rest
of the country. And it's going to be a bloody
long hall out for a lot.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Just coincidentally as well, before we wrap up, hell is
lambing going. How far through would you be?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Oh, we'll be halfway through. And you know, like when
I was through on on on Sunday, you know there's
still lambs are poking about and not seeing a lot
of dead lambs lying around, and you know you can
get a pretty good look at you know, glassing the
hill and what have you. Don't get in and poke
around amongst them. But I have fatness paddocks. You know,
(05:45):
we've we've lost a few there, but not as not
as bad as I've you know, I thought it could
have been. But as I say, that's farming and and
and that's nature. But our thoughts to everyone on the
target out and that are really struggling.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Good under ground. Always always appreciate your thoughts all the
bees for your issues up there with the weather.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Too, mate, capable talk next week.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Grab McMaster thanks to ABI Rural. Before we wrap up,
all going to plan and we're going to catch up
with Jack Rudolph and the environments South and Slot Now.
Of course Jack is the emergency controller on behalf of
emergency management self and the response team there
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