QLD- beautiful one day, perfect the next!!

prydey · 21-05-2009, 11:55 AM

little bit of water falling out of the sky at the moment. up here on holidays at the moment and luckily the week i've just spent at maroochydore was great weather but the rain hit the day before i came back to brissie. took 4hrs to get to the folks place in parkinson. got stuck on the bruce hwy just before caboolture for almost 2hrs.

i used to live up here 15yrs ago so i'm familiar with the types of storms but compared to adelaide, where i live now, this is something you never see. we'd be lucky to get 300mm in 5 yrs, let alone 24hrs.

while i'm up here i've also noticed speed limits are for tourists.

Scott · 21-05-2009, 12:29 PM

I spent yesterday digging trenches in the pouring rain as my downstairs renovations started to resemble a river. These pics are of Kedron Brook which is normally a couple of metres wide where these were taken. One spot, my guess would have been about 60m wide and 5-7m deep.

gcg2503 · 21-05-2009, 12:31 PM

Crazy scenes isnt it?

Here we are in Melbourne suffering with a lack of water

Bmobile · 21-05-2009, 12:48 PM

Yep sure has been wet. Up here on the Coast we got 392mm in 26hrs then it took a bit of a break for 9hrs then down come another 183mm in 7hrs.

So over 42hrs we got hit with 575mm and it only let up in the middle somwhere for 9 hrs. That's nearly 2foot of rain in 2 days and that is indeed impressive and insane.
No wonder the Bruce hyw was cut notrthbound still this morning around the Berrburrum reagion.

Racecraft · 21-05-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by GTP006

I spent yesterday digging trenches in the pouring rain as my downstairs renovations started to resemble a river. These pics are of Kedron Brook which is normally a couple of metres wide where these were taken. One spot, my guess would have been about 60m wide and 5-7m deep.

were you stalking me :P

the first pics from Thistle Street and the 2nd lot of shots down from the EMC center on Gympie Road were where I toddled around yesterday to have a look

Scott · 21-05-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Racecraft

were you stalking me :P

the first pics from Thistle Street and the 2nd lot of shots down from the EMC center on Gympie Road were where I toddled around yesterday to have a look

Bang on mate, you should be a tour guide for the Northside... every time I post a pic close to home you guess it straight away. I'll fool ya soon :Up_to_som

**DJM83** · 21-05-2009, 06:45 PM

Unreal pics GTP006, i live out at Redcliffe and had water an inch below my front door and a roof leak in the bathroom and expected to come home to a flooded house but i didnt. The weather was insane it never stopped for more then 24hrs and the Sunny coast copped it again last night.

Paxton · 21-05-2009, 06:54 PM

Bloody Hell.

We had some rain in Sydney over the last couple of days, but that is insane. Is it still raining up there now?

Now for the crucial question - did your dams cop any of this? I'd hate to see all of that rain go out to sea.

kenz · 21-05-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

Bloody Hell.

We had some rain in Sydney over the last couple of days, but that is insane. Is it still raining up there now?

Now for the crucial question - did your dams cop any of this? I'd hate to see all of that rain go out to sea.

I think they said it was up to about 72% and they are predicting the dams could reach up to 80% as the water will still be flowing through in the next 5-6 days (thats an average of all the dams)

Jason[98.EL] · 21-05-2009, 07:00 PM

to all that are getting this rain

keep your heads up and we hope to see you on the other side

Jason

XR2DOOR · 21-05-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

Bloody Hell.

We had some rain in Sydney over the last couple of days, but that is insane. Is it still raining up there now?

Now for the crucial question - did your dams cop any of this? I'd hate to see all of that rain go out to sea.

some dams are full, others at 70% so there is a good side ,

GS608 · 21-05-2009, 07:08 PM

apparently all this flooding was what was needed to officially end the drought.

gthofan · 21-05-2009, 07:21 PM

just remember, its global warming doing this. We are experiencing hotter temperatures, and its getting worse.....

SLO AU XR8 · 21-05-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Unreal pics GTP006, i live out at Redcliffe and had water an inch below my front door and a roof leak in the bathroom and expected to come home to a flooded house but i didnt. The weather was insane it never stopped for more then 24hrs and the Sunny coast copped it again last night.

I'm in Woody Point atm, and we copped 195mm yesterday, its crazy weather. Dams rose a combined total of 13% in 24hrs

Daymoe · 21-05-2009, 07:35 PM

Send some water down to NSW and Victoria please, looks like you got some spare on hand :S

On a more serious note, stay safe.

duaned · 21-05-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gthofan

just remember, its global warming doing this. We are experiencing hotter temperatures, and its getting worse.....

What? I would have thought it's from the Global Financial Crisis, seems everthing that goes wrong or not to plan is blamed on this ATM!

Kamshaaft · 22-05-2009, 02:11 AM

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Who said house value ws going down?

'FOR SALE: MODEST CANAL FRONT PROPERTY'

**DJM83** · 22-05-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SLO AU XR8

I'm in Woody Point atm, and we copped 195mm yesterday, its crazy weather. Dams rose a combined total of 13% in 24hrs

Im in Woody Point aswell