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RRC MEDIA RELEASE: Dangerous Weather on Capricorn Coast

Just received this media release from the Rockhampton Regional Council, warning about dangerous weather from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Hamish:

March 12, 2009

Storm surge and wind gusts expected for Capricorn Coast region

The Bureau of Meteorology has announced that residents of the Capricorn Coast may experience
dangerous surf conditions, tidal storm surges and damaging wind gusts over the next 24 hour period.

The announcement was made as ex-Tropical Cyclone Hamish (located 270km northeast of
Gladstone) continues to track northwest at 20 kilometres per hour.

Rockhampton Regional Council will continue to monitor the system and does not wish to alarm
residents, but rather notify them to prepare their homes for severe wet weather activity.

Should residents require assistance in regard to storm damage or flooding they are requested to call
the State Emergency Services (SES) Call Centre on 132 500.

We ask that residents do not call the local offices of the SES as they have limited phone lines, and the
volunteers will be working to capacity providing assistance to the community as assigned to them by
the SES State Call Centre.

Requests for storm damage assistance such as for sandbags or tarps etc. should be directed to the
SES, not Council, on 132 500.

Please ensure your homes are made storm safe by clearing any objects and items that may become
airborne in a storm.

Take extreme caution around fallen trees or limbs as they may be concealing live power lines.

- ENDS -

March 12, 2009 – 2:27 pm | Posted in Emu Park, News & Weather, Yeppoon | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

No Flooding in Yeppoon - Yet

Rising Creeks by Jylan Wynne

Rising Creeks by Jylan Wynne

From 9am on Tuesday morning to 9am on Wednesday morning, Yeppoon and surrounding districts had over 80.6mm, or 3.1 inches of rain. This is enough to flush out all the creeks and leave a lot of water lying around on the ground, but so far there has been no major flooding like in February 2008.

The Capricornia district forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology has this to say about Wednesday and the days ahead:

CAPRICORNIA DISTRICT

Outlook for Wednseday: Rain areas. Isolated thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy falls possible. Moderate
NW to NE winds, shifting W to SW inland during the day.

Outlook for Thursday: Scattered coastal showers, more isolated inland.

Outlook for Friday: Scattered coastal showers, isolated inland. Late rain.

YeppoonInfo.com will keep you updated on any weather developments in the area.

February 11, 2009 – 10:46 am | Posted in Daily Life, Information for Locals, Information for Tourists, Yeppoon | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)

More Photos of the Serious Flooding

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]

February 15, 2008 – 5:35 pm | Posted in Daily Life, Information for Locals, Information for Tourists, Photography, Woodbury, Bungundarra & Adelaide Park, Yeppoon | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Yeppoon’s Flooding - Heavy Rain, Roads Closed, and Big Floods

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.

The title says it all. Currently we are having some very heavy rain as a result of a tropical low that is moving down the coast. Heaps of roads are closed, including the one on our corner. So now we are basically unable to drive into Yeppoon. About half an hour ago I put my swimmers on and went outside to look at the flooding. What I saw amazed me, because this is the first time in my life I’ve seen flooding personally.

I had previously prepared some alternative pictures for this, but that was yesterday before we got the real flooding. So I dumped those pics and I am using the photos that I took half and hour ago. They reflect what is happening here right now. Sorry for the blurriness of some, I had to wrap the camera in a bag to protect it from the rain. BTW a local who was just outside our driveway waiting to get through said that this area hadn’t had flooding like this for 17 years!

The road at our corner is currently closed, although 4wd are able to get through. I will try to take some more pictures, maybe one down at the big bridge when I can get through. That would be really thundering right now!


A general overview of the corner.


The water thundering into our back paddock and then into the neighbours.


Looking up north in the opposite direction. The water in this picture is only about shin height.


A closeup of the water flooding over the enbankment.

February 12, 2008 – 12:26 pm | Posted in Daily Life, Information for Locals, Information for Tourists, Woodbury, Bungundarra & Adelaide Park, Yeppoon | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)

Another 5 to 6 days of rain!

Since the last time I gave an update on the rain that has fallen, we’ve basically had another 5 or 6 days of rain, with hardly a break in between. When a break in the rain did occur it only lasted for a couple of hours at most. Although the rain has been mostly light, there has been enough to give the creeks a big boost in their size from 6 days ago.

In other places around Queensland some roads have been cut, including the highway between Rockhampton and Emerald. You’ve most likely seen that on the news.

Thankfully though, all this Saturday has been rain-free (although with a very overcast sky), and the weather is showing signs of clearing up.

Flooding #1
These drains just near our place have been inundated with water, and because there is only a end on the other side, all the water just backs out again and flows under the road.

Flooding #2
Meanwhile the creek down at the bridges (old and new) is fairly raging along, and I couldn’t wade across at one place because the water was higher than my knees. The photo above shows the creek exiting after going through both bridges.

Flooding #3
The place at the bridges where I tried to cross. The channel is in between the main clump of grass and the top side.

Flooding #4
While down at the bridge on the day I took the photos (Friday) I happened to see the Livingstone Shire Mayor, Bill Ludwig, taking photos with some people.

Flooding #5
This shows a small creek (just near the two bridges) flowing on it’s way into Plain Creek, the biggest one around for a few kilometres.

[tags]roadworks, adelaide park, woodbury, rain, bridge, creek, water[/tags]

January 20, 2008 – 1:53 pm | Posted in Daily Life, Information for Locals, Information for Tourists | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)