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General => Chat & Off Topic Stuff => Topic started by: Roderick Smith on January 14, 2011, 10:22:54 AM
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The early rivers to flood were in central Queensland: lots of private boats, but no commercial ones.
The Wed.12 & Thurs.13.1 flooding hit Ipswich and Brisbane.
Ferry operations were suspended: CityCat (along the river) and crossriver (about five operations). Ferries were taken to safe anchorages (the river would flow at 40 km/h). That included taking CityCats out into Moreton Bay.
Cruise ferries, including a paddle vessel, shifted to safer anchorages.
Moggill punt couldn't operate, and then broke from its cables. Royal Australian Navy was bring in a heavy-duty anchore to try and restrain it before it could damage bridges. A floating restaurant, called 'Drift' broke away, and drifted downstream at 20 km/h. At last advice, it had sunk.
Various boardwalks broke away, and a tug captain was praised for steering one major chunk around two important bridges.
Pontoon landings for ferries floated up; some were damaged beyond repair.
In all flooded areas a huge fleet of rubber dinghies and tinnies provided rescue and supply lines.
Here is an opening selection of items, with more to come.
They come from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshowajax/139318/floods-ravage-queensland.slideshow
Last night the album had 339 photos. Today it is split into three of 160. I don't know for how long they will be archived. 9msn was drawing on photos from contributors and normal newspaper sources. I have tried to credit those for which a credit was supplied.
Friday afternoon update: The water is receding. Search teams would need to identify sunken debris as well as clear massive items floating on the river's surface.
The Island party boat and the Moggill ferry are now safe, but are being monitored.
The Island, a 50m steel barge, was secured yesterday, as was the Moggill ferry after authorities had feared they could break loose.
Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor
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Already the flood is subsiding, and the cleanup has started.
Here are two more photos.
The one from Thurs.13.9 msn must have been a Wed.12.9 or Tues.11.9 photo.
Compare it with the one from B Smith (no relation). He is the Brisbane Ferries manager, and was spending his time shifting the fleet to safe moorings, including several taken to Manly (Moreton Bay). He is also the editor of Ferries Australia, produced by Australian Ferry Society.
QMM = Queensland Maritime Museum.
Post edit: Mopping up the last of the bmp to jpg, I found the museum in the background of a photo, with its steam tug Forceful showing.
Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor