As I promised in the last post about the Yeppoon flooding, below are some more photos of the aftermath of the flooding, i.e. damage and such. Please forgive me for taking so long, I’ve been working on a website for an organic macadamia farm. There is a separate post coming about that soon.
This shows the extent of the floodwaters that came into our paddock, as well as our neighbours paddock.
The corner of the road where the floodwater was running over. You can see how the water had uprooted some of the grass and rolled it back. The view in the photo above is just to the left of this.
The damage caused by the floodwater to the edge of the road. It has now been repaired with some concrete. Don’t forget that this road will soon be replaced by the new one, so it isn’t the most tidy repair :).
The floodwaters down at the big new bridge. The deepest point in there would be over my head, and flowing very strongly.
Looking on the other side of the creek, over the old bridge, you can see just how much water there was flowing through there.
This is amazing. Have a look at the grass on the other side. See how high the water has been? That’s right, the little bridge was actually submerged under the creek! It probably only lasted an hour or less like that however, because as soon as the rain stops the creek starts going down.
The roadworkers are in the photo because something from the new bridge had been pushed off by the floodwaters and hit the old bridge. They were then checking it for structural damage. None was found, though.
This is the worst-hit area around our place. Located about 3km away from us, this flooding probably extended for 500 metres or more. The deepest place on that road would be around 2 metres. While I was there locals kept driving up and taking photos of the flooding.
[tags]adelaide park, woodbury, bungundarra, rain, bridge, creek, water, flooding, flood[/tags]
UPDATE: Amazingly showcasing the abrupt changes of weather that are possible, the rain here has now (2PM) stopped and the sun is shining! I went and had a look at the intersection and water is still flowing over, but I could ride across. There are lots of those big, heavy, plastic roadwork blockades that have been washed down the creek, too.
