Case studies

Accurate and up-to-date surveys of the physical terrain are critical in developing flood studies.

Brisbane-Woodford Road in Brisbane's north was reopened less than three days after flooding receded following the relentless rainfall experienced in late February 2022.

The 450-kilometre stretch of south-east Queensland coastline from Coolangatta to K’gari was severely impacted during the 2022 floods.

Scuba's Car and Dog Wash in Gympie had been running for almost eight years when it was completely submerged by the highest recorded floods to hit the region in 120 years.

Scrub Creek Road crosses the Brisbane River east of Braemore in the Somerset region. The crossing is 100 metres long and is easily inundated with water, even with minor flooding in the river.

The Brisbane River is split into two branches just north of Scrub Creek Road due to the natural movement of sediment during wet seasons.

The Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) introduced Damage Assessment and Reconstruction Monitoring (DARM) in 2011 following a summer of disasters in 2010-11.

Swift action from Transport and Main Roads (TMR) restored access on a busy north Brisbane road when below-surface damage dramatically revealed itself more than two weeks after catastrophic flooding inundated south-east Queensland.

In February 2022, Leah and her son were living in a caravan on her parents’ property north of Gympie. Two weeks before the flooding, she had moved the caravan to a new position on the side of a hill.

The Brisbane Valley Highway at Fernvale reopened just two weeks after south-east Queensland was devastated by record-breaking rainfall and flooding in early 2022.

When Brisbane City Council reached capacity with their flood recovery efforts following the 2022 SEQ floods, they called on Queensland's Department of Environment and Science (DES) to help clean up Stable Swamp Creek and the Rocklea Markets.