No work as office still closed. Spent the day kind of working at home and making frequent trips to the river to check it's rise.
The river was flowing very fast and finally took it's toll on the CBD as seen below
(AAP: Dave Hunt)
There was lots of debris coming down the river, including pontoons, boats, trees and all kinds of things including part of the Drift restaurant. I caught this on the video posted at end of this post.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/iconic-brisbane-restaurant-sinks-beneath-river-20110112-19nar.html
We both fly to Sydney tomorrow, Kate was on the 11am flight, me on the 8pm, Ive decided to go earlier and get out of town, it does feel a bit like rats deserting a sinking ship but it's going to be rough here for a few days and we were due to be in Sydney anyway.
Thank you for all the calls of messages of support etc, my phone is out of credit so don't worry if you have not heard from me.
And so as we go to bed we await to see what the peak of the river brings at 4am
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbanes-central-business-district-survived-its-first-high-tide-test-with-floodwaters-failing-to-hit-predicted-levels/story-e6freoof-1225986458412
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