A confluence of spring tides, Cyclone Oswald and a dam release from Wivenhoe has brought the Brisbane River level up over 2m at Indooroopilly.
Our downhill neighbours are clearing out their ground floor as they prepare for their second flooding in two years.
I’ve been helping Neighbour With Chainsaw to shift some trees brought down by the storm-force winds.
We’re unlikely to get power back before this evening, and are planning for a longer outage.
This is what the river and creek look like at four megalitres a second on a high tide.
We have credible reports that the pub is open