Last night I had a huge dream. Flood waters were coming to Brisbane and the whole city was preparing to get all food and belongings on the very highest points of the city. 


City Hall was in the middle of the scene, standing out with large steps leading up into it like an ancient Mayan temple. Everyone braced themselves for the flood waters to come in military style. Preparations were made, panic stricken people here and there with sand bags, tins of food and water. My parents were there with gardening gloves on? 


We saw the flood coming like a very slow sedated tsunami. But it only reached the bottom of the stairs then stopped. There were massive cheers from the waiting crowd that we were saved! 


To memorialise the "almost flood" the council kept the low brick wall and the rectangular pond it created right where it was with gold fish in it.


So vivid, so strange.


Mystical Meaning: The story of Noah, the Epic of Gilgamesh and other myths about floods represent a purging that prepares the way for something better. Everything in your life has been swept away so that you may start anew.


This meaning rings true to me strangely.