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Default Ship run aground Nobbys Beach Newcastle

Happened this morning.

Two more are apparently in trouble. One off Merewether & one off Stockton Beach.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/...089282623.html





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just got back from down there, the one at merewether is struggling bad,they are on full throttle and going nowhere
they have most of the people of the one pictured(nobbys)

the whole region is in strife, 200mtrs down the road from my house there is a pajero floating in the drain as it was washed from the road.
also a car was washed from a bridge on the was to clarenctown and it is under water and the elderly couple that were in it haven't been found
there is a lot of flash flooding and many tree's and powerlines down

STOP RAINING!
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Sh!t place to park hey. I recon Newcastle City Council will try and give them a parking ticket for that one.
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the whole region is in strife, 200mtrs down the road from my house there is a pajero floating in the drain as it was washed from the road.
Where ? I need some parts
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Wild pics,hopefully no major spill or even the ship breaking up.
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just got back from down there, the one at merewether is struggling bad,they are on full throttle and going nowhere
they have most of the people of the one pictured(nobbys)

the whole region is in strife, 200mtrs down the road from my house there is a pajero floating in the drain as it was washed from the road.
also a car was washed from a bridge on the was to clarenctown and it is under water and the elderly couple that were in it haven't been found
there is a lot of flash flooding and many tree's and powerlines down

STOP RAINING!
This is so tragic. We here in QLD need the rain, and you guys have had enuff of it, and the devastation it is causing.
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It's crazy town out there.

I pulled 3 cars out of headlight deep water on the Industrial Drive tonight.
Made $40
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