Rivers bulging at the seams

Queanbeyan River

Scrivener Dam

Scrivener Dam

Scrivener Dam flowing into Molonglo River

Lake Burley Giffin full to the brim on a dreary rainy day,
looking east from Black Mountain Peninsula

Queanbeyan River coming up over our walkway

Queanbeyan River

Queanbeyan River flowing very rapidly

Queanbeyan River, near River Road

Canberra has had a big wet event over the last week and more.  For this last week we did not see sunshine.  Each day was full of rain.  Often it was constant rain, falling steadily as we slept and worked... indoors.  Fortunately we had a couple of days where we didn't have anything we needed to head out for, so we stayed in ~ snuggling together in the cooler rainy weather.  

Today we headed outdoors as a family to explore the unusually flowing water, rising in rivers and spewing over dam walls, and through gates.  It was a bit of a novelty seeing the Scrivener Dam with so much water flowing through and "white-rapiding" down the Molonglo River.  The girls enjoyed hopping out of the car and holding their umbrellas against the wind while watching so much water all around.  Little Eee enjoyed holding my hand to walk along next to the Queanbeyan River, excited that the water was right next to her, unaware of any danger of a flooding river.  She found alternate routes over the grass when we came to places where the water covered the pathway.  We did not wander far - I am not keen on putting my little ones in danger near flooding waterways.  It was exciting though.