Four days after the worst storm in 25 years, and these are just some of the scenes to be had in the general vicinity of Morayfield Shopping Centre. I went for a walk down that way today, as I know that the pedestrian walkway under the train bridge (see last photo) is well known for flooding whenever there's even a few drops of rain, due to its close vicinity to Sheep Station Creek. But what surprised me the most, was finding that the pedestrian access on Morayfield Road was also under water. In my year and a half in the Caboolture Shire, I've never known that pass to be anything but dry. (see picture 3). The skate ramp park is currently a lake, as you can see from pictures 1 and 4, and the bridge near the pedestrian access on Morayfield Road is a river at present. Normally it is something more resembling a dry creek bed. You can see (in picture 2) that there is a walkway under the bridge, and just how high the water is, by where it comes on the railing.
The shopping centre itself appears to have been under water at some stage in the last four days as the bottom car park still shows signs of flooding, and the walk along Morayfield Road (which included a scramble down a hillside for me at one stage) also shows that the flood waters were up and over the road - something that hasn't happened in a very long time.
From the bulletins today we get news that The Gap has suffered a landslide - not what they need right now, and that Rosewood, where I spent my formative years is almost completely underwater. The Bremer River is still raging, the train lines to Ipswich and beyond are still out, and the Lockyer Valley in the Darling Downs is preparing for more flooding over the next few days.
From Mum I got the report that Dad woke up to find his property flooded, and his horses and dogs loose all over the place.
Off the Western Coast of Australia sits Cyclone Anika - biding its time - before it strikes. We don't need any of this, but it is, afterall, storm season here in Sunny and Hot Queensland.
The shopping centre itself appears to have been under water at some stage in the last four days as the bottom car park still shows signs of flooding, and the walk along Morayfield Road (which included a scramble down a hillside for me at one stage) also shows that the flood waters were up and over the road - something that hasn't happened in a very long time.
From the bulletins today we get news that The Gap has suffered a landslide - not what they need right now, and that Rosewood, where I spent my formative years is almost completely underwater. The Bremer River is still raging, the train lines to Ipswich and beyond are still out, and the Lockyer Valley in the Darling Downs is preparing for more flooding over the next few days.
From Mum I got the report that Dad woke up to find his property flooded, and his horses and dogs loose all over the place.
Off the Western Coast of Australia sits Cyclone Anika - biding its time - before it strikes. We don't need any of this, but it is, afterall, storm season here in Sunny and Hot Queensland.
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