The CityCats return!

The CityCats have returned after the flooding. This photo was taken this morning by my mate D.J. from Bulimba, looking over to Teneriffe, and it's well worth clicking to zoom in! There are 8 CityCats and you can see the old Wool Store on the right. Great shot!

A different kind of ferry

Spotted a different kind of ferry today. This is probably part of the effort to get the ferry and catamaran network back in action after the flooding.

Flood junk from shops at Oxley

"We'll be alright as long as they can't open doors"

Ibis at Southbank during the flooding. Be afraid!

Cleaning up flood mess at boss' friend's furniture factory at Archerfield...

This morning there's a crazy wave of cleaning up happening. The council is organising clean up teams at major centres, and many people are just turning up here and there and doing what they can. Everyone I know avoided any flood damage, but I got a message from my boss who was helping clean up his friend's furniture factory, so my brother and my sister, and her husband and mother, all turned up to help. Hours later we're sore and covered in mud but you can see a difference. A lot of people who aren't in the muck are making food and organising that side of things, and delivering it all over the place for volunteers. I myself had a lovely quiche and a muffin and some bottled water. I could have also had fruit, sandwiches and soft drink. Not a bad spread!

Flooded river from the Story Bridge

This doesn't look all that dramatic, it's down about a metre and a half from the peak. You can see a ferry terminal underwater and on the city side the Riverside boardwalk still under.

South Bank 3 Ferry Terminal

Sunbathing is exactly the thing to do whilst your city floods. This photo is from yesterday. Those chairs would have been under water this morning.

Brisbane is flooding!

"You pretend to pole-dance and I'll take a photo while things flood near us" Seriously though, Brisbane is flooding. Google brisbane floods if you're interested. Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few days but power/net has been a bit intermittent.

Rain on bikeway

This is high tide at the bikeway near the city side of the Goodwill Bridge. There's a lot happening with floods and rain and dams spilling out and so on at the moment. The council cleans up all this junk twice a day after each high tide.