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Excitement Plus Here Right Now!!!!!!

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It is 2am in the usually easy going town of Gympie, but it seems to be all go outside our place right now.

At 1am, I went for my shower, as Les had gone to bed and I really needed to reduce the aching in my back.  Here I am, scrubbing away (and trying to keep the shampoo out of my eyes! lol.) when all of a sudden, I can hear a helicopter!  OMG!  It sounded like it was going to land on our roof it was that loud!

No such luck!  Damn!  Going to have to wait until the next 4 bedroom house comes up instead of forcing the issue with a high flying machine! lol.

I finished up, got dressed, and went tearing outside to see what all the fuss was.  We live across the road from Gympie State High School oval.  Over by the entry gate was an ambulance and a medic support vehicle.  Ok, obviously the heli-pad by the hospital can't be used, as it is rather foggy out there tonight!

Well, this helicopter has been flying around in circles non stop for the past hour, shining it's spotlight right into our windows, so now I don't know what to think.  It is like they are looking for someone, but there are no police cars anywhere, only the ambulance and support vehicle.

The noise has been deafening to say the least, and my girls are all stirring, so I don't think it will be long and I will be dragging the futon cushion onto the floor, grabbing all the spare blankets and bunking down with my girls for the night, only I won't be sleeping! lol.

Yeah, I'm a sticky beak, especially when it comes to something that affects my family, and this is!!!!!!!!

Oh well, it's gone quiet again, but for how long.  Best keep moving.  Maybe it will be on the news tomorrow night, who knows, I just want to know why they are waking us up in the middle of the night with the constant back and forth of the over grown mosquito!!!!!!!!!!

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electrifying02
June 26th | electrifying02
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arna you are one brave women i go wake kenny when i hear things like that and make him look i am to scared . i wont even put rubbish in the bin with out kenny comming with me. we have the helicopter alot as we have massive paddocks around us . hope you saw what it was

love ya

belxxx 



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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By the time I manage to wake Les up, the fuss would have been over! lol.

Still don't know what all the fuss was about, can only think they had a new pilot for the Medical team and needed some practice in the weather conditions.



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anniebabe
June 26th | anniebabe
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i would have woken hubby to go out i would have been to scared .

but i know what you mean! before we knocked down our house to build our bedroom was in the front and i sleep with blinds open. anyway at 4.00am i woke to sirens and the red light of the fire brigade flashing in our room .

the firebrigade had stopped in front of our house im a light sleeper so i woke snd thought our house must be on fire!!! im shaking my husband awake telling him our house was on fire. poor hubby he is a heavier sleeper.

he got a bigger start than me. it turns out it was 4 doors down the wman used to smoke in brd and her room caught alight so she called the fire brigade,

meanwhile all the neighbours had awoken and at the time i had a brick fence so all the neighbours were sitting on our fence us included all in our dressing gowns awaiting the outcome.

so i do know how you feel about this. but its harder not knowing what the problem was .

let us know if you have any dramas tonight!

cheers annie



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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ROFL.  OMG!  That's even funnier! lol.  So, did you all pull out the cuppa's and bikkies too?  Now that would have been a really good tea party! lol.

I'm not a scardy cat, though, anyone sneaking around should be! lol.  I can be pretty scary at times, lack of sleep, pregnant and all! lol.  How does my family put up with me?  Oh, they are too afraid to leave! rofl.  No, I have my moments.



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nickyjade
June 26th | nickyjade
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geeze nothing happens like that here, i would have been sticky beaking for sure.! As for your back pain can you have a hot bath? will keep an eye out on the news!

nicky



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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Yep, i was a sticky beak, but I had to know what it was threatening to wake my family up! lol.  My excuse, and I'm gonna stick with it.

A bath?  oh, yeah, I could.  i just need a crane to get me out again!  It's not very big, but I still have trouble escaping! lol.  We have a handheld shower head, so I have been using that.



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cazza
June 26th | cazza
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How exciting and i would have being on the phone and asking if i needed to be worried hehe..

Hope the media get wind of what was happening...

xx cazza



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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I think I scared the paramedics because Puggle suddenly kicked and i squealed, so maybe they stuck around to see if I was in labour! lol.

Hopefully, it was either a false call for medical chopper or a training exercise.  Though, there was a crim they were hunting the other day, but I think he got caught trying to jump a fence.



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janicepovey
June 26th | janicepovey
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 Gee Arna, excitement plus in Gympie and at all odd hours, to boot!!!!.....must have been a bit concerning.

Sorry your having so much discomfort with back pain....hope your shower at  1am, eased the pain for you.

Janice xxxxx



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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My shower would have worked, if I hadn't of jumped out and hurried outside, almost forgetting to do my buttons up!  They really would have copped and eyeful then! lol.

Our town is more exciting during the night than it is during the day, well, our street any ways.  I just wonder what will happen next! lol.



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cathbusymum
June 26th | cathbusymum
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I wouldn't be able to resist. This reminds me of a night at my friends place. She lived across from a park. Picture a chopper overhead and roughly 3 cop cars. At first we couldn't really make out what was going on.Then in a split second, we notice a guy running, cops all with guns, shouting and watching an arrest. All very exciting! It was just then we also noticed the light was behind us and we were highly visible. Needless to say, that light got turned off asap LOL

 



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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Ok, so my night wasn't that exciting, but certainly broke up the monotony of a quiet night! lol.  Usually, there are houses being moved through our street at that time of day, and that is a special treat for me.

I have a couple of stories from the Caravan Park we lived in, but might keep them for a rainy day.



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           cathbusymum
June 26th | cathbusymum
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I lived in a caravan park for 8 years. I bet we could tell some very interesting stories LOL



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                Arna
June 26th | Arna
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Oh yeah! lol.  Story swap!  Between the disrespectful kids, the police hunts and fires, it was certainly never boring.  To make up for it, we were right on the Tweed River and got to see dolphins, turtles and sting rays almost every day.



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dannii17
June 26th | dannii17
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Hey Arna,

Im abit of a sticky beak myself and that would truly facinate me and i wouldnt shut up about it until i found out what was going on hahaha, i hope you have found out or find out soon.

If there is no police cars i doubt its for a robber or something, maybe someone is really injured and escaped or even like a mental person??? keep your house locked up just incase!!

Ah the back aches, dont they just drive you mad!! My back has been killing for weeks but the last week has been a constant backache that never goes away. Hot showers do calm it down tho and ill always have one when i get up and right before i go to bed. I hate it tho cos your nice and relaxed in the shower and then as soon as you get back out the aching starts again ggrrrrrr....

Hope your back gets better and you find out what all the fuss was about with the helicopter!

Dannii xxo....



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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I was out there, pj's and all (the pants of which are suddenly afraid of height!) trying to work out what it was.

The helicopter came over our house over and over again, and they kept shining the light on me!!!!  They stopped once I turned the lights under the house off though, so maybe they thought our house was on fire! lol.

Yeah, the back ache sucks.  I'm not giving into it though, done to much hard work keeping the muscles ready for Puggle's arrival.  The only thing that really eases it is gentle walking and pretending to be a washing machine on the couch or in bed.



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lonely28
June 26th | lonely28
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hehe i love the "overgrown mosquito"!!! How exciting.... not much happens around here either. There was one night where we had a helicopter hovering over head and we were all wondering what was going on. They had the spotlight searching the bushes and everything. We all kept indoors just to be on the safe side. We woke up the next day to find out it was just the electricity company checking powerlines lol!!! It's not the most exciting town.....

much love,

fi xoxoxo

P.S Thank you.......



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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Now, I know Energex does regular patrols in our area too, but spending hours just circling the one spot?  With an ambulance crew at the High School?  Seems a little extreme to me! lol.

Oh well, the girls went back to sleep, but I still stayed up until 4:30 just in case!!!! lol.



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magenta
June 25th | magenta
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Hey Arna, did you find out what all the fuss was about last night???  Hope you back isn't as bad today, maybe you need a break from all that washing and folding! Take care,

Maggie  xoxo



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      Arna
June 26th | Arna
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still don't know what it was all about.  Been nothing on our news yet, so is still a mystery.  I really would like to know, because the local hospital has it's own helipad and would have been better suited to use, especially with the fog last night.

My back is still really sore.  Me thinks i spend too much time on the computer now! lol.  Oh well, Thursday night, so will be sitting on the couch folding more washing and watching Bones and The Amazing Race! lol.  I love my couch!



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