January

Summer has well and truly arrived with the temperature soaring to a sizzling 41.7 degrees (in the shade) on Christmas Eve. Thankfully this extreme heat only lasted for one day. However, it still resulted in crunchier grass underfoot and the choko vine that was growing rampantly over the chook pen is now just a mass of dead leaves and vines.

December - Santa Comes to Town

Everyone made their way inside the community hall and Santa gave each child a gift from under the beautifully decorated christmas tree. The ladies did a wonderful job of decorating both the hall and the tree. The food was delicious and there was plenty of it to go around. While the children ran around and played together, parents and relatives kicked back and enjoyed each others company.

Storm Damage

In December a short but fierce storm cut a path through Kundabung leaving a trail of destruction behind it. Some properties escaped with little or no damage and other properties had numerous large trees uprooted with other trees being either snapped off part way up the trunk or having their limbs torn off. Let's just say that there is LOT more firewood laying around at the moment.

Trees fell onto power lines and there was an extended power blackout that lasted throughout the night and into the next day. The Pacific Highway had to be closed so that the fallen trees could be cleared from the road. Thankfully there was no serious property damage although a few chook pens were either squashed or blown away. One property on Upper Smiths Creek Road was fortunate to escape disaster when two very large trees blew over just in front and behind the house.