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Holman Street ferry wharf in the Brisbane River suffered damage by floating debris. [26] On the 28 February, a river crane for the Kangaroo Point Bridge broke free of its mooring, causing the evacuation of apartment and office buildings along Eagle Street and the area of Howard Smith Wharves.
The floods damaged some of Brisbane's icons. The Brisbane Riverwalk, a floating walkway over the Brisbane River linking the inner city neighbourhoods of Fortitude Valley and New Farm, broke up, with a section forming a 300-metre (980 ft) "floating missile" that threatened the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges.
Two unmoored boats drifted down the swollen Brisbane River on February 27, as deadly storms and floods hit south east Queensland.As of Sunday afternoon at least six people had died in floodwaters ...
The Brisbane River (Turrbal: Maiwar) is the longest river in South East Queensland, ... The damaged Riverwalk was rebuilt as a fixed structure by the Brisbane City ...
About 2,000 people were evacuated from homes along the river and the canals; most of these homes suffered flood damage. [ 20 ] The total damage in Brisbane and the surrounding areas was initially estimated at A$200 million , [ 17 ] : 8 but the final value was over A$980 million (1974 values), with $328 million made in insurance claims. [ 1 ]
Mowbray Park is named for Thomas Mowbray, a presbyterian minister who had been minister at the now heritage-listed Mowbraytown Presbyterian Church in the East Brisbane area (and formerly of the Blackridge Parish Church, Scotland). [3] The wharf sustained moderate damage during the January 2011 Brisbane floods. [4]
The wharf sustained moderate damage during the January 2011 Brisbane floods. [9] It reopened after repairs on 14 February 2011. [10] [11] The cross river ferry service was suspended in July 2020 due to the hull condition of the cross-river ferry fleet. The service was permanently withdrawn in October 2020 and the wharf was closed. [4]
The Herbert River rose significantly to 14.89 metres (48.9 ft), with predicted peak levels expected to rise to 15.2 metres (50 ft), matching historic flooding caused by Cyclone Dinah in March 1967. A woman drowned in floodwaters at Ingham when a State Emergency Service (SES) boat capsized after striking a tree on Rutledge Street, prompting ...