As the floodwaters peaked in Brisbane on Thursday 13th January,
and a sleepless night, we went to check out the Zeroseven
office in the morning to see how much damage it had received from
the floodwaters of the Brisbane River. Seeing various aerial shots
of South Brisbane from the city, we were unsure what we would find
and feared the worst as we started wandering through West End and
South Brisbane.
We parked by Musgrave Park and tried to find our way toward Hope
St but Merivale and Cordelia Sts were cut off by water. We wandered
through to Melbourne Sts and there was water from Boundary St
on Melbourne St all the way to Southbank. It was uncanny and
unbelievable, to see the streets that you know and see everyday,
underwater.
Take a look at the journey through the streets we know
and love as the river took over our neighbourhood...
Cordelia St, West End
Russel St, West End
Cordelia St towards Melbourne St, West End
Melbourne St & Boundary St Intersection, West
End
The Gunshop, West End - Well prepared
Melbourne St & Boundary St Intersection, West
End
Manning St, South Brisbane
Melbourne & Manning Sts, South Brisbane
Cordelia & Melbourne Sts, South Brisbane
Looking towards Melbourne St and Punjabi Palace, South
Brisbane
Cordelia and Melbourne Sts, South Brisbane
Merivale St, South Brisbane
Merivale and Melbourne Sts, South Brisbane
Tek Caffe, Melbourne St, South Brisbane
Merivale and Mebourne Sts Panorama
Hope St, South Brisbane - this photo was taken outside the
Zeroseven office
Zeroseven office - phew... safe and dry
Hope St, South Brisbane - further down our street
Hope St, looking towards The Fox Hotel, South Brisbane
- our street
Grey St, outside the Museum, South Brisbane
Underneath the State Library/GOMA looking towards the
Brisbane River
Underneath the State Library
Underneath the State Library
Victoria Bridge, shortly after the flood peak
Close up of Victoria Bridge - there's some sort of pontoon
pinned to the pylon by the water
Southbank, looking towards the underground carpark
Victoria Bridge from Southbank
City from Southbank
Police boat checking on the ferry pontoon which looked like
it was about to come off
City Panorama from Southbank
Looking down Melbourne St, from the City
So, this is our city and our neighbourhood, what happened this
week was utterly unbelievable and we are truly thankful that the
floodwaters bypassed us. Writing this, our office is still without
power but we saw the amazing clean up effort that was going on in
this area today and our hearts go out to the ones who lost so much
more in this disaster.