Milton Road with XXXX brewery still blinking - 12th Feb 2011, 4.47am
Haig Road at roundabout
Haig Road near roundabout - airing out with a cold brew
Remains of cleanup on Baroona Road at Rosalie Shops
Baroona Road, Milton
Plasterboard clearout 26th Jan 2011
Rosalie shops 26th January
13th Jan, 1pm Rosalie shops
Baroona Road, Rosalie
16th Jan - Haig Road Antique shop - all clean but gutted on ground floor. Flood waters lapped underside of sign. Nice positive tea towel hanging over balcony
3.36am - Antique shop on Annie and Haig Road
3.53am - Antique shop, Haig and Annie, Auchenflower
3.53am
4.16am
4.32am
12th Jan, 6.28pm Haig Road antique shop at Annie St, Auchenflower
13th Jan, 1pm Epic Cycles at the Baroona Road, Haig Rd junction. My favourite bike shop
16th Jan - Vincent St - Cleaning teams have now moved indoors
16th Jan - Vincent Street - Flood stains
16th Jan - Torwood Street underhouse cleanup team
16th Jan - Torwood Street, Auchenflower
16th Jan - Mum scrubbing in Torwood Street
16th Jan - Vincent Street - Houses of plasterboard and chipboard dissolve in floods but this one (1920's?) survived the '74 flood. This time, the vj's haven't faired so well with the pine expanding in the wet but may shrink back.
16th Jan - front of house we cleaned in Torwood St. Waters were above the window hood
16th Jan - House we cleaned - see high flood mark on ceiling
16th Jan - back of house we cleaned. Both stormwater drains are higher than the back yard. These people pushed water uphill for as long as we cleaned the inside and only made a difference when the tide dropped. High tide?
16th Jan - Torwood Street, Auchenflower - Byron Bay fire brigade with the heavier artillery
16th Jan - More debris from under houses
16th Jan
16th Jan - Torwood Street, Auchenflower - underhouse cleanup
16th Jan - Torwood Street backyards to Frey Park still coated in wet mud
15th Jan - Haig Road
15th Jan - Human chain with rubbish, Torwood Street, Auchenflower
15th Jan - Huge human chains, Vincent St, Auchenflower
15th Jan - Junction of Torwood and Vincent
15th Jan - Builder friend Kym Lynch joining in with his digger, Vincent St, Auchenflower
15th Jan - Haig Road - Serious volunteers
15th Jan - Gilbert off to volunteer
15th Jan - volunteers heading home - Gilbert and Kalina
15th Jan - Vincent Street, Auchenflower - photo by Kalina
15th Jan - Haig Road, Auchenflower - Band and food stall
15th Jan - Reggae band entertaining the troops beside the food stalls on Haig Road, Auchenflower
15th Jan - Haig Road, Auchenflower
15th Jan - Haig Road at feeding station
15th Jan - Haig Road free food stall for volunteers - sausages, vego curry and sweet treats galore
15th Jan - Haig Road - Moving art and disinfecting hands (essential)
15th Jan - dump piles, Vincent Street, Auchenflower
15th Jan - Vincent Street and Gilbert in action
15th Jan - mucking in on Vincent St, Auchenflower - photo by Kalina
15th Jan - satisfying an itch on Vincent St - photo by Kalina
15th Jan - Vincent Street cleanup - photo by Kalina
14th Jan, Haig Road, Auchenflower
13th Jan, 6.30am Haig Road with only short lengths above water
3.34am - Haig Road at Annie Street
13th Jan, 6.45am Haig Rd and Annie St junction
14th Jan PM - Frew Street from Haig Rd roundabout
14th Jan AM - Haig Rd Roundabout
14th Jan AM - Haig Rd roundabout
12th Jan, 12.17pm Frew Street Junction with residents in boat
14th Jan - Haig Road
14th Jan - Milton State School vegie patch
14th Jan - Milton State School from Baroona Road
14th Jan - Rosalie shops from beside Milton State School (Bayswater Rd)
14th Jan - Rosalie shops from Agar St
13th Jan, 10am Rosalie shops from Agar Street
14th Jan - Riddel Architecture team post-unpack with my bike waiting patiently outside
14th Jan - Riparian building, Brisbane City with high water mark visible in sludge
14th Jan - view down towards Albert St, Brisbane City with newish City Cycles
14th Jan - Mary Street, pumping out basements
14th Jan
14th Jan - Mary and Albert St intersection. Sandbag removal and cleanup
14th Jan - Festival Towers (Albert and Mary) with truck spewing out basement pumped water
14th Jan - Sandbags still up at corner of Mary & Albert
14th Jan - City City Cat Terminal still higher than the land it launches from.
Jan 14th - Southbank underwater riverfront walk
14th Jan - Southbank riverfront walk with smashed street light and astray dinghy
14th Jan - Ramp up from Queensland Art Gallery carpark towards Southbank
14th Jan - Southbank riverfront with sunbather (in white) on less muddy lawn. Must be European as at 2pm, it was bakingly hot and steamy
14th Jan - Grey/Melbourne St intersection cleanup
14th Jan - view along Melbourne St towards West End - a canal yesterday
14th Jan - Grey St looking towards Melbourne St, South Brisbane
13th Jan View to Melbourne Street junction from Grey Street
14th Jan - Grey Street cafe clearout
Jan 14th - Queensland Museum dinosaurs with tiptruck for street cleanup. I think the dinosaurs' feet got damp.
14th Jan - Montague Road towards West End
13th Jan Montague Road towards West End
14th Jan - New stock clear out. Montague Road, South Brisbane
14th Jan - Fantastic plastic, Montague Road, South Brisbane - New clothes pegs and lunch containers
14th Jan - Montague Road, South Brisbane - unloading soiled new stock
14th Jan - Montague Road shops, West End
14th Jan - Bicycle Revolution, FOE and Reverse Garbage were spared the floodwaters and mud
14th Jan - mobile cleaning
14th Jan - Brisbane river on building site. Slogan says "Become closer to everything you love"
14th Jan - Montague Apartments billboard with site beyond filed with river
14th Jan - future "river culture" Montague Apartments, Montague Road, West End with river on the building site.
14th Jan - View across river (riverside road under) to Toowong bike tunnel
14th Jan - No through road - river and bikepath tunnel on opposite bank.
14th Jan - Gray Road, Hill End
14th Jan - Gray Road, Hill End - a sea of volunteers. In some places more than could be managed.
14th Jan - Gray Road treasures
14th Jan - Gray Road with flood waters still visible in back yard
14th Jan - Gray Road old lady and dam in back yard
14th Jan - Gray Road, Hill End - nearing the end of under house blitz I helped with
14th Jan - Gray Road grey backyard full of slippery mud and debris
14th Jan - Ryan Street
14th Jan - Ryan Street towards Hoogley St, Hill End
13th Jan View along Ryan Street across Hoogley (corner shop on left)
14th Jan - Hill End Ecohouse swimming pool (Brisbane River colour now) and muddy back yard
14th Jan - Hill End Ecohouse safety gear
14th Jan - road into West End Markets
14th Jan - Montague Road
14th Jan - Centennial Bikepath towards Milton
14th Jan - Milton Road, Brisbane - 8 army trucks heading into city to help with clean up
14th Jan - Baroona Road opposite Epic Cycles, Rosalie - scrubbing team following water truck
14th Jan - Gregory Park cricket pitch, Rosalie from Baroona Road
13th Jan, 6.50am Antique shop. Waters had receded by about 150mm by this time.
Jan 13th, 7am
13th Jan, 7.45am Haig Road homes on downhill side, one street below mine.
13th Jan, 10am Haig Road roundabout
13th Jan, 10am Debris on Bayside Street (ironic) at Haig Rd roundabout
13th Jan, 10am View from Bayside St, to Baroona Road beside Milton State School
13th Jan, 10am Baroona Road view of Rosalie shops and CBD
13th Jan, 10am Baroona Road view
13th Jan Baroona Road and Haig Road junction
13th Jan Inside Suncorp Stadium, Milton with a dam in the field
13th Jan, 12.30pm Milton Road towards XXXX with ICB under water
13th Jan, 10am Brisbane River panorama - CBD to left and pedestrian bridge. I crossed the William Jolly Bridge (R) open only to foot and bicycle traffic.
13th Jan, 10.30am Riverside bikepath below William Jolly Bridge
13th Jan, 12.30pm Riverside bikepath towards Milton
13th Gallery of Modern Art
13th Jan GOMA forecourt and bike path
13th Jan, 12.30 South Brisbane bike path
13th Jan, 10.45 Flooded Montague Road and Go-Between Bridge
13th Jan Anyone?
13th Jan Stephan's needle and Melbourne Street
13th Jan Melbourne Street towards CBD
13th Jan Corner store on Hoogley and Ryan Streets
13th Jan, 11am Forbes Street towards river
13th Jan, 11.15am End of Montague Road
13th Jan Ryan Street flotsam
13th Jan Waiting for rewards at the only corner shop in West End with electricity for ice block freezing
12th Jan, 2.06pm Brisbane CBD. Brisbane barely visible in foreground but wider than normal
12th Jan, 2.06pm View from Mt Coot-tha to Brisbane River stretch around St Lucia.
12th Jan, 2.06pm View from Mt Coot-tha over Indooroopilly Shockingtown to flooded St Lucia golf course and Rocklea beyond
View of Beard Street from Haig Road, Auchenflower 11.1.11
Torwood Street from Haig Road, Auchenflower 11.1.11
12th Jan, 1.05pm Torwood St from Haig Road (Vincent St beyond to right), Auchenflower
Rosalie shops in preparation
Rosalie shops in preparation for tonight
12th Jan, 12.20pm Milton State School, Rosalie
11th Jan Local Gregory Park from Baroona Road
Gregory Park from Baroona Road
Gregory Park playing field
Haig Road, Auchenflowerr
Haig Road
12th Jan, 1.33pm Haig Road, Auchenflower/Milton - note top of carport (approx 3m above ground)
12th Jan, 1.33pm Haig Road
Haig Road opposite Gregory Park
Haig Road towards Baroona Road (park on LHS)
Across Haig Road to Gregory Park 11.1.11
12th Jan, 1.32pm Friend's back yard (about 1.2m deep at bottom of stairs)
12th Jan, 1.32pm Friend's house, Haig Road
12th Jan, 12.16pm Corner of Haig and Frew towards old tennis centre site (Milton Rd)
Jan 12th, 12.17pm View across Haig Road to Frew St
12th Jan, 12.17pm Haig Road roundabout towards Frew Street, Auchenflower
12th Jan, 1.02pm Haig Road from roundabout fig tree
12th Jan, 1.03pm Frew Street and Haig Road, Milton
12th Jan, 1.06pm Haig Road, Auchenflower
12th Jan, 1.06pm Torwood St, from Haig Road, Auchenflower
12th Jan, 1.34pm Frew Street from Haig "Road"
4.57am - Haig Road shops with flooded antique shop at bottom
Local corner store clear up help with neighbour Chris. I never knew such a little shop could have so much stock!
Beautiful Birds and other twee things secreted in the corner shop. Battery powered tweeting birds and clay human-powered ones
After some time other keen helpers joined in with Chris and me. The kids on the right were amazingly enthusiastic, packing and lifting. The grateful shopkeepers plied us with cold water and yukky Powerade. I needed food.
12th January, 11.19am Some furry friends found in the packing up of the shop
Vincent Road, Auchenflower
12th Jan, 3.46am Vincent Street from Beard Street, Auchenflower
12th Jan Sofa floating out of Vincent St into Beard St, Auchenflower
4.45am Milton Road, near Torwood St. XXXX still blinking in background
4.46am Torwood St at Milton Road, Milton
4.47am - Milton Road at Torwood Street, Milton
12th Jan, 6.42pm Milton Road with XXXX in distance
12th Jan, 6.42pm Milton Road and Torwood St, Milton
4.53am - sleepy Auchenflower view from Milton Road
12th Jan Ben (?) who came over from the northside and paddled his kayak in to help people access their homes and friends. I hitched a ride to check my friend's home.
5.02am - Welcome home beacon
Trench digging to save vegetable garden
Wet, muddy but vegies may be saved
Brompton Bradley testing out my chinese cycling cape
