Category Archives: Floods

Strange aberrations – bigger than a one-in-100 year flood in the Lockyer

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today defended his town plan and remained optimistic about the future of riverfront living in Brisbane, even though Brisbane has now experienced two major floods in the last 37 years: Brisbane mayor insists town planners not … Continue reading →

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Queensland’s week of tragedy

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Gene Tunny

In Brisbane’s flood-affected suburbs, such as Toowong and St Lucia, the roadside piles of water-damaged possessions – including fridges, furniture and bedding, all rendered brown and drained of vibrant colours – remind unaffected residents of the heartache wrought on fellow … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding Brisbane – what priority for CityCat services?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The flood has wrecked a number of Brisbane’s CityCat ferry terminals, including the one below at Toowong, and it may take the Council 18 months to rebuild them (CityCat terminals could take a year and a half to rebuild). Given the … Continue reading →

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Outside the Regatta Hotel

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Gene Tunny

Outside the Regatta Hotel, the ground floor of which is expected to flood completely, as happened in 1974 (taken at 10am today): The river is now covering Coronation Drive:

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View from Regatta apartments across to bottle shop on Sylvan Rd, Toowong

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Gene Tunny

No early morning walk today:

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Flooding at Toowong and Auchenflower, Brisbane

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The Croquet Club on Auchenflower Terrace is under water: The Regatta CityCat Terminal is going under: Land St is now Water St: And this is only the beginning.

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What’s the next level up from biblical?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Gene Tunny

It’s been around a week and a half since Treasurer Andrew Fraser described our flood crisis as “of biblical proportions.” The news unfortunately keeps getting worse, with flash floods in Brisbane and Toowoomba adding to the ongoing troubles in St … Continue reading →

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Mackay club almost runs out of beer, but there’s plenty further north

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Gene Tunny

In Mackay last week, the biblical Queensland floods almost brought to life Slim Dusty’s dystopian vision of a “pub with no beer”.  The Mackay Daily Mercury reported yesterday (Stocks run low in city): IT could have been “the pub with … Continue reading →

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Cost of floods over $5 billion

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Gene Tunny

This is sobering news from Premier Anna Bligh (Flood recovery kicks into gear): If you count everything from the cost to homes, the home rebuilding effort, public infrastructure rebuilding effort and economic loss, I think we’re well above $5 billion … Continue reading →

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Economic cost of the floods

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The Mackay Daily Mercury’s Melissa Grant has written a very useful article on the economic cost of the floods: Economies lose billions On the impact of the floods, with a particular reference to mining in central Queensland, Ms Grant notes: … Continue reading →

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