The Queensland floods left devastation in many ares – in Stanthorpe, we were luckier, in that the flooding was pretty much confined to the creek, and we were not hit by an ‘inland tsunmani’ as was Toowoomba. But the force of the water did change the look of familiar places, and left a huge clean up job.
A sizable chunk of the creek bank was carved out near the bridge, taking the path in one place, which was restored. That tree on the left before the bridge is now teetering on the ban k.
Across the creek, on the town side, the park is barely recognisable. The beautiful stand of trees that once stood on the curbside has gone, and the toilets and picnic shelters have gone.
There used to be a footbridge crossing the creek here.
This…
and this, is all that’s left.
In the bramchs of this tree, on the right, you can see a bunch of debris still caught – this shows the height of the flood was well over our heads.
The bridge lower down is till chockful of debris.
Plenty of firewood there for some enterprising soul.
The trees along the bank took a real battering.
The force of the water is shown very elequently by these almost vertical trees.
