New Farm Floods - Day 2

This morning many of us woke before 4am to arm ourselves for the high tide (at 4am). The peak was about 1m short of predictions, mainly due to restrictions from the dam and no overnight rain.



With the river staying level we took to the streets to assess the damage. New Farm and Teneriffe as a whole survived well, however we were not without casualty. Many residents were flooded and left without power. But having been out to Yeronga, Rocklea, Fairfield, West End and South Brisbane we dodged a major Bullet.



Some houses I saw this morning in Yeronga were simply tiled rooves poking above the brown water. Many streets were closed and we were unable to visit properties at Chelmer and Tennyson to see friends and family (all safe - just wet).



The Brisbane City Council and authorites have been fantastic, the streets are calm and people have a sense of 'let's just get this water out of here and start the clean up'. It could take a few weeks...













Coles New Farm




















New Farm Park looking back toward the Powerhouse







Bottom of the Riverwalk New Farm - Half of it is missing

Brisbane Corso Yeronga

Under the River side Express way - South Brisbane

Cnr Longlands & Ann St, Newstead

Montague Rd & Kurilpa St, West End

Sand bagging Qld style, we're not used to this much rain!!!