Lucky Cafe

With the devastation that is hitting Toowoomba and the Lockyer area - we are extremely lucky that we were able to move our cafe before the wall of water hit Colleges Crossing.

Trucking the cafe up to the top of the hill at Allawah Road means that we were able to save the cafe. The water through Colleges Crossing park, has now reached 15m. For those who know the cafe, the water level is above the hedge that surrounded the cafe.
Here's an old photo to give you an idea of the height.

There's more to come, with the flood front from Lockyer creek to join up with the rising Brisbane River. The whole of the 25ha park is underwater.

We count ourselves lucky that the cafe was designed to be moved - avoiding massive damage to the building and its contents.

The massive amount of water going over the Mt Crosby weir is an awesome sight.
It of course means that there is no access to Ipswich from the west of Brisbane.
Up Toowoomba way the damage and devastation is unprecedented and our hearts go out to them - its been compared to Cyclone Tracey that wiped out Darwin in 1975.