They are evacuating Strathpine, which is our nearest large shopping centre, and the local radio was also telling us of several major roads being closed in our vicinity. The back-road that I mentioned in an earlier comment, on which I returned from the Doctor’s, was closed hours ago. So we thought we’d do a little rubber-necking and have a look at the overflow from our local reservoir, Lake Samsonvale.
Not a hope, all the small roads leading to the dam were waterlogged and we had to make do with a car park on the edge of the lake. Those trees are usually 20 – 30 metres from the water – it’s pretty full. There were flocks of pelicans enjoying themselves, and three black swans were out of the lake asking people to feed them. No pictures, because I wasn’t going to get out of the car.
It’s still coming down by the bucket-load; the Bureau of Meteorology is on overtime trying to expand its computer models to predict where and how large the floods will be.
While we were lakeside, #1 daughter phoned to say she was home because the CBD has been closed down, and that her eldest step-daughter (18) was stranded in the next suburb, which is cut off.
Noah’s second coming? Feels like it!
There are too many articles, videos and photos to link – just have a look at the front page of the Brisbane Times.
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