The mighty Brisbane River

I cannot fathom the amount of pain and heart break the people of Brisbane and South East Queensland are feeling right now. The mighty Brisbane river (together with upstream) has really dealt them all a mighty blow!  This on the back of the floods and rains that north Queensland had to endure in December is just too much. I really couldn't believe how much rain we had here on the Sunshine Coast on a daily basis and yet it continued to rain and rain and rain some more. Unbelievable!

Today and yesterday blue sky decided to show itself and the sun even peaked out from between the cloud every now and then. So yesterday the kids and I went for a drive down to the Brisbane river. We were very mindful of staying away from the serious flooding and dangers of the city and out of the way of any emergency services that might have needed to access areas of importance so we went out to the port area and Milton to take a look at what the mighty Brisbane river was up to.

Even though my little boys were too young to understand, I think Diana was really amazed at how fast the river was flowing and at the amount of debris that was not only washed up but was floating past. You can see the reflection of the river in Diana's sunglasses as she stands silently taking in the might of a very swollen Brisbane River.

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