A Photoessay of the Brisbane City floods

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Kelvin Teo

The last time Brisbane experienced a major flood was in 1974 when the Brisbane river broke its banks and flooded its surrounding areas. The same thing happened in 2010 – 2011 when the river again broke its banks, flooding areas such as West End, St. Lucia, Fairfield, and even the CBD. Here are a series of captured images of this unfortunate disaster.

Road connecting Carmody Road and Sir Fred Schonell Drive is flooded

The same road as the above picture flooded, but taken from another angle, St. Lucia

Residents stranded when the ground floor of their place was flooded

Stranded residents look on as the first storey of their house is flooded, St. Lucia

Home is flooded, from knee deep to a metre deep, St. Lucia

Another home in St. Lucia gets flooded, the flood waters submerged the underground car porch

Trail of destruction left behind by the Brisbane River that flooded, the alighting point for the Citycat River ferry services is damaged and submerged by the raging Brisbane River waters, Picture taken 48 hours earlier from the Eleanor Schonell bridge

A close-up look of the previous image showing the trail of destruction by the Brisbane River

The Dutton Park river ferry alighting point getting submerged by the Brisbane River. Note the debris being swept away by the river. Picture taken 48 hours earlier from the Eleanor Schonell Bridge

A close-up look of the Dutton Park river ferry alighting point getting submerged by the Brisbane River

Floating debris being tossed down the Brisbane River, picture taken 48 hours earlier from the Eleanor Schonell bridge

Brisbane River bursting its banks and flooding the park along the Brisbane Corso that runs along Brisbane River. Note the Brisbane River at the background. Picture taken 4 hours ago from the Eleanor Schonell bridge

Roads and the banks being flooded by the Brisbane River, the Brisbane River is in the background, picture taken 4 hours earlier from the Eleanor Schonell bridge

The Brisbane River overflowing its banks, picture taken from the Eleanor Schonell Bridge 4 hours earlier

A street lamp and a shelter getting submerged by the raging waters of the Brisbane River

Road along Brisbane River getting submerged by the waters, at the St. Lucia side of river

Footpath getting submerged by the flood waters at the St. Lucia side of the Brisbane River, at the background is the Eleanor Schonell Bridge

Road getting flooded at the St. Lucia side of the Brisbane River

The shopping centre at Fairfield getting flooded, Fairfield is close to the Brisbane Corso which is along the Brisbane River, and is one of the areas to be flooded when the river bursts its banks. Photo taken 24 hours earlier.

The same shopping centre at Fairfield that is flooded 19 hours later, flood appears to have subsided. Picture was taken 3 hours ago.

The same shopping centre at Fairfield that is flooded 19 hours later, flood appears to have subsided. Picture was taken 3 hours ago.

Victoria Street at Fairfield is flooded, Fairfield

A close-up look of the flooding along Victoria Street, Fairfield

House in Fairfield getting flooded, Fairfield

A house in Fairfield getting devastated by the flood, Fairfield

Another house in Fairfield getting flooded, Fairfield

Flood in Fairfield, a metre high fence covered in flood waters, Fairfield

Footpaths at the St. Lucia side of the Brisbane River getting submerged by the waters

A bus depot at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia campus getting flooded

Flooding of the sports field at University of Queensland, St. Lucia campus

Flooding of the animal sanctuary leading to the entrance of the University of Queensland, St. Lucia campus

Our animal friends’ reactions to the floods

A family of ducks look on as the animal sanctuary at St. Lucia campus was flooded, the family ironically moved on to another area that was flooded, St. Lucia

The same family of ducks

A duck couple who appeared stranded

A loner perched high up on the pillar

One ducky who was willing to test the flood waters

Light hearted moments in the midst of the crisis

An adventurous group putting their rugby football skills to the test in the flood waters

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