A Pictorial Post

I mentioned that we took a break last Sunday. We went for a walk along the road next to the river (the riverside walkway immediately next to the river was still closed) and through one of our favourite areas, Rosalie, which has quaint, traditional wooden "Queenslander" houses many and lovely, small restaurants and shops in a little village centre. Rosalie is about 1km from the river but is low lying so the water came flooding in there. Low-lying areas like this were flooded even if the water didn't find a path on the surface, as it also came bubbling up from storm-water drains when the river reached a level higher than the drains.

Here are some of the photos I took along the way. Click on any photo to view it in a bigger size. All the photos in used in this blog and more of the floods are in an online album here, where you can see on a map where each photo was taken or view a slideshow of the whole lot..

The remains of the Regatta ferry terminal. The poles sticking up on the left are where the boarding platform used to be, with a jetty linking it to the waiting area on the right. All the other ferry terminals are in a similar state so it will be months (years?) before they are all operating again

A piece of a jetty from one of the ferry terminals

The badly damaged Drift Restaurant after being raised from the riverbed. This had to be intentionally sunk during the flood when it looked like it might break free from its moorings and damage bridges downstream.

The appreciation shown by the owners of shops at Rosalie. Note the high-water mark on the blackboard on the bottom photo.