Both the Commonwealth Government and the Queensland Government have a number of payments available for individuals and small businesses impacted by the Queensland Floods.
Wyatt Roy, Federal Member for Longman, is providing information about available payments for people affected by floods on his website.
Mr Roy encourages Longman residents and small businesses that have been impacted by recent floods to investigate the available payments to determine if they are eligible.
The Commonwealth Government is providing two payments: Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment, and the Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy.
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment …

Latest updates of areas in Woodford and surrounding that are still cut off information provided by Seargent Jason Renwick.  At the moment D’Aguliar Highway is shut at Kilcoy/Beerwah Road turn off but they are waiting on Main Roads to clear it to open up to Stoney Creek Road.
Marysmokes is inexcable and still under 3 metres of water will not be open for at least 4 days.  Anyone needing supplies Seargent Jason Renwick is working on organising a boat to go across to get people’s shopping list.  All supplies come from …

I walked into the evacuation centre in the main street of Woodford and was immediately handed a piece of damp paper by one of the weary volunteers. Here is what is said:
In the absence of  a local SES, the Woodford community hall was opened as an evacuation centre.
Although supplies were almost nil, the community rallied amazingly to provide food and shelter that first day to 25 stranded or evacuated people. But the biggest task, that of co-ordinator  and organiser, was done instinctively by Michael Wallis.
Michael was everywhere solving every problem …

Storm /Flood Emergency assistance

National SES Hotline 132 500
ABC Radio 612AM or Local Community radio stations 101.5FM and 99.7FM broadcast vital community information during an emergency

The SES support the statutory services (Police, Fire and Ambulance) where an emergency or disaster is beyond the resources of those services.
Do NOT call SES for the following:

Life Threatening Emergencies (ring 000)
Animal emergencies
Road closures. Most recent road closure report. Contact the council.
Power or phone outages

Emergency assistance

SES Local Controller phone: 132 500 or your local police station (Woodford Police – 5496 1202)
Road closures are displayed …

Road Condition Report
The next report will be issued at 2 pm Tuesday 11 January
Motorists using roads around the region are urged to take extreme caution and not attempt to traverse creeks and other crossings that are clearly under water.
Road and footpath surfaces may become slippery when wet so extra caution is advised.
Potholes will form in road surfaces during heavy rainfall.
Main Roads Flooded – Closed (total 12 roads)
This is not a complete list of affected Main Roads in Moreton Bay Region. For comprehensive information about Main Roads’ road …

Well the rain just keeps on coming, however where we are not complaining because we are not in the worst situation. Our hearts go out to the people who have lost family members in and around the Toowoomba region. If you can spare any money please donate at one of the major local businesses in town. There is nothing else we can do for them at this time.
Caboolture and Strathpine are now being evacuated and more suburbs in Brisbane are in line for more water as well. Please do not …

Obviously Neurum Creek was in need of a new bridge. You can see in the photo below that the water was just lapping over the road in March of 2010. This photo was taken when the water had subsided, prior to the construction of the new bridge.
The next photo below, taken on the same day and only a minute later, shows a picture of the new Neurum Creek Bridge being constructed. This shows the level of the water when we last had our major rains in March. As I stated …

A 60-year-old man had to be rescued from flood waters near Woodford yesterday.
The Mitchelton man was reported missing in Stoney Creek, near Woodford, and was later spotted by emergency services crews on the opposite side of the swollen, flooded creek.
Police said that four men went on a kayaking trip in Stoney Creek.
Two of the kayakers, aged 23 and 26, both from north Brisbane, have been accounted for after making their own way to shore.
A fourth kayaker, aged 30, from Upper Mount Gravatt, managed to make his way to …

The continuous rain generates a variety of emotions in us all.  Parents climbing the walls and children bored and frustrated, holiday makers returning to work without really enjoying their vacation and unfortunate flood victims unable to return to their homes with thoughts of devastation when they finally do.
The floods have caused dangerous situations where people will risk their lives crossing swollen rivers to get to their destination, and others willing to chance volatile currents to have some fun.  There is a man missing at Stoney Creek because he decided to …

The rain is here, as we all can see, with a vengeance. “Button” down your hatches, close the windows, take a sickie because at this rate, work will be canceled anyway. Ryan Gully is over Mt Mee road so those children at Delaneys Creek School might need picking up as you might not be able to get there at 3pm. Anyone living on Iron Bark Rd or just off it, the road is flooded and quite deep so watch yourselves there.  Delaneys Creek School is not closed yet.
The most you …