brisbane- after the rain

Rosalie Village

Don't think I am going to work today. I drove down to the bottom of the hill this morning and had to turn back due to major flooding. It's a surreal day- sunny after seven days of straight rain, with flood warnings as the Brisbane River is rising to a high water level at 11am today and another when the tide rises early  tomorrow morning. Brisbane CBD is built around the river, and lots of houses in suburbs around or near the river banks will be inundated. It seems reminiscent of a warzone with sirens going and helicopters overhead. Furniture on backs of utes and vans goes past on the roads. Strangely, back home everyone is mowing their lawn..

Later that afternoon- click the pic to check the guys in the kayak and a bathtub!