Day 13 – fundraising day in St Helens
We have been forced by mother nature to have a day off, as the normally busy and sunny sea side town of St Helens is effectively shut down by flooding.
Charles woke to a very wet day and found that when trying to make his way back to Goulds Country for the run back into St Helens that the roads were closed.
Our attempt to trying and fundraise at the Super IGA store was made impossible by the bad weather as well. With so many roads closed, there was simply hardly a sole in town, and just after midday the new came that the store was having to close due to flooding.
We hope that the rain backs off and the water can drain out of the street and off the many bridges and country roads that feed into town. If it does and the store is open we will be back at it tomorrow.
We have made a decision that over the two days of fundraising that will take place while in St Helens, 10% of all the money raised will be donated to the Queensland flood relief.
This is the southern end of the main street as you head out of St Helens, around 9 am today.
