North Queensland rain/floods

S3SR · 03-02-2007, 07:52 PM

just wondering if anyone has some pictures for me

Dazza XLT · 03-02-2007, 08:37 PM

Yes, here are a few I have.
Don River Mouth- Bowen

Tabledrain off Bruce Highway

Got a few more uploading now from around Proserpine.

Cheers

Dazza XLT · 03-02-2007, 08:40 PM

VX/Y? Commodore washed off the Bruce Highway south of Proserpine.
Note- They don't float too well.

Paddock near Proserpine

VR/S? Commodore also washed off the Bruce Highway.

Cheers

Darran

zetec · 03-02-2007, 08:49 PM

So much for the Commodore's roadholding abilities!! Crikey.

Can you please bottle all of that and send it down this way to our dams?!?!!

Dazza XLT · 03-02-2007, 09:12 PM

You can have it. We've had just about enough here!

Patrol351 · 03-02-2007, 09:57 PM

this is at aplins weir on friday ...
i have to get some more as its about another 2 foot deeper!

naddis01 · 03-02-2007, 10:08 PM

Does anyone have any of the Burdekin or Haughton rivers near Ayr. We are meant to be flying into Townsville and heading down to Ayr for a few days next week. So hopefully the highways will be reopened by then.

**GasoLane** · 03-02-2007, 10:09 PM

Good pics. Thanks Darran and Patrol351

Dazza XLT · 03-02-2007, 10:09 PM

It was all over the news up here.
Unless anymore rain falls (100+mm) they should drop fairly quickly.
High tides didn't help the situation this week.

DanXR6T · 03-02-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BAXLS

Does anyone have any of the Burdekin or Haughton rivers near Ayr. We are meant to be flying into Townsville and heading down to Ayr for a few days next week. So hopefully the highways will be reopened by then.

You might be lucky, Townsville north is open, but south is still closed...

And yes even up near Cairns/Tablelands we've had enough too, it can stop for a few weeks!

Dan..

EFDream · 03-02-2007, 10:14 PM

Please send it to sydney!

EvilChief · 03-02-2007, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BAXLS

Does anyone have any of the Burdekin or Haughton rivers near Ayr. We are meant to be flying into Townsville and heading down to Ayr for a few days next week. So hopefully the highways will be reopened by then.

ahm good luck with that as several floodways that way are gone ... not even trucks can get through at the moment, only mail we can get here at the moment is via air

Patrol351 · 03-02-2007, 10:17 PM

its raining in townsville again ... light tho .. but its going to be constant all night by the looks of it ... some mates of mine have been stuck in brandon for 2 days now

they have heaps of pics from mackay to brandon so far ...

naddis01 · 03-02-2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilChief

ahm good luck with that as several floodways that way are gone ... not even trucks can get through at the moment, only mail we can get here at the moment is via air

So is the road washed out or is there just too much water? Does anyone know when the highway will be reopened. We are flying in on Wed and were planning on heading to Ayr either Wed night or Thurs morning. Any chance it will reopen before then if there isnt too much more rain?

DanXR6T · 03-02-2007, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by EFDream

Please send it to sydney!

You live in NSW, don't tell us your problems :P

EFDream · 03-02-2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Axeman82

You live in NSW, don't tell us your problems :P

Fair call!....lol

Patrol351 · 03-02-2007, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BAXLS

So is the road washed out or is there just too much water? Does anyone know when the highway will be reopened. We are flying in on Wed and were planning on heading to Ayr either Wed night or Thurs morning. Any chance it will reopen before then if there isnt too much more rain?

if it stops raining it'll open up tomorrow arvo prolly ... maybe tuesday

**GasoLane** · 03-02-2007, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Axeman82

You live in NSW, don't tell us your problems :P

Close... You live in NSW country towns. In Syd you merely survive

Patrol351 · 04-02-2007, 08:25 AM

some pics from another forum

Interceptor · 04-02-2007, 10:09 AM

*sigh* i'm inland from all that lot but we'ce still been copping a fair drop..... and the boss expects me to go over 40km of gravel road tomorrow...... in a **********g hiace van

Dazza XLT · 04-02-2007, 10:14 AM

The roads are falling apart everywhere at the moment, it's not just the floodways.
Our roads in Bowen are bad at the best of times... Potholes everywhere at the moment.

**DJM83** · 04-02-2007, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by zetec

So much for the Commodore's roadholding abilities!! Crikey.

Can you please bottle all of that and send it down this way to our dams?!?!!

Ditto, i cant remember the last time we seen rain even anywhere near that come to think of it rain in general

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LUXO_8 · 04-02-2007, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by EFDream

Please send it to sydney!

bugger sydney!....send it to melbourne...........

jeffb · 04-02-2007, 11:23 AM

Few from mackay

Bill_R · 04-02-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Axeman82

You live in NSW, don't tell us your problems :P

Hey, I'm in NSW but plenty of water. Just south of the Qld / NSW border.

LUXO_8 · 04-02-2007, 11:29 AM

that bridge in your seccond last pic there will be screwed......

EvilChief · 04-02-2007, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by BAXLS

So is the road washed out or is there just too much water? Does anyone know when the highway will be reopened. We are flying in on Wed and were planning on heading to Ayr either Wed night or Thurs morning. Any chance it will reopen before then if there isnt too much more rain?

Bruce Highway is closed southbound of Townsville at:

- Palm Creek
- Giru
- Haughton River
-etc

they are quite substanially flooded and more rain is predicted for next week, hence i cant see it clear up too soon, even if u may get through wednesday, you may get stuck on the return again

EvilChief · 04-02-2007, 11:38 AM

i have some more pics of TSV, they are from nicht and have a few rain spots on em, i may download them from the camera later on today and upload them

Martyvan · 04-02-2007, 12:31 PM

I was supposed to be barra fishing in Proserpine this weekend with some mates from Townsville.... Lucky for me, i changed my flights on Thursday with some inside info, that everything would be cut off come the weekend!!!
At least the dams are full up there... Now we just need Premier Pete to build that pipeline and steal 95% of it

hahah

Those photos are great..... Its very lucky that there hasnt been much/any property lost at this stage.

northey · 04-02-2007, 01:30 PM

Jeffb, Is that the hospital bridge in 2nd last pic?

An answer to someone's question above - no the roads and bridges aren't usually washed out; it's usually just a lot of water. There is always millions of dollars of "minor" road damage though..... every wet season.

See the photo of our magnificent Ross River dam. They lowered the spillway due to structural integrity problems with the base of the earth retaining walls. Work started 2 years ago. Currently the dam only holds 36% of it's normal capacity.

Hopefully they'll get it fixed before any more wet seasons go by.

Ps I haven't seen this mornings weather report. It's supposed to be raining all next week as well.