Cafe Open!

Despite the road closures - Mt Crosby Road is again barricaded, the cafe is open. The park is closed - with the Brisbane River level hitting 6 metres, and the bridge over Colleges Crossing is again underwater.
Seqwater is releasing 100,000+ megalitres a day out of the dam and the river level is expected to climb during the day.
While the main gates are closed - customers can still access the park through the gate opposite the caretaker's house.
The weather is fine at the moment - but this monsoon-like event that has enveloped Queensland isn't going away with forecasters predicting wet weather until March.
But, today the sun is shining, the wind is calm - and the cafe is doing what it does best - making breakfast and serving great espresso coffee.
A ringside seat on the angry river is just a bonus.

River Rising - Road Closed

Seqwater has started releasing more water from Wivenhoe dam this afternoon. This is on top of another bridge-closing high today. The barricades are back on Mt Crosby Road, and the Colleges Crossing bridge is again underwater. Its a rare bridge - more underwater than above it.
The dam release will hit a flooding 100,000 megalitres by tomorrow, that's not much below the level reached in late December. It will mean that the Colleges Crossing park will again be inundated.
The clean-up of the park from the previous event is said to be costing the Ipswich City Council $45k.
Again the Moggill ferry is shut-down.
A bit of feedback in the Queensland Times newspaper over the statement by local Labor MP Mr Wendt that we don't need a new bridge over the crossing.
We will check the weather and the park tomorrow morning to check whether the cafe will be open.