This is real coffee To-Go

Talk about take-away coffee- our cafe Colleges by the River was today lifted onto a low-loader and taken to higher ground.

Its expected that the Brisbane River height will hit 14m at the Colleges Crossing Park - and there's a spectacular amount of water washing through the area at the moment. Its currently 11.66m in the park - and the Wivenhoe dam is due to dump a huge amount of water on top of that. The water is lapping at the wall of the cafe deck.

Click this link to track the river height:
http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65389/IDQ65389.540063.plt.shtml
Or click the heading.

Mt Crosby Road is well underwater at the Colleges Crossing bridge - and the only other route to Ipswich - the Mt Crosby weir is at 13.97m. The only way to get to Ipswich from the western suburbs is via the Centenary Highway - a trip of about 50kms.

And, things are only going to get worse for those who live in this beautiful area - one of the roads to Bellbowrie is under.

The cafe, and the caretaker's cottage are now sitting on the side of the road at Allawah Road.

All that is left in the park is only memories.

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.

Here we go again

The Brisbane river at Colleges is on the rise - getting to the levels reached in October.
Here is a picture taken this afternoon of a bbq shelter that was near the normal river edge..

The river height at Colleges Crossing is closing on 8m - and is racing through the park and over the crossing bridge on Mt Crosby Road.
10 metres of flood water is racing through the Mt Crosby weir in a spectacular flow.
The road - park - and cafe at Colleges Crosssing are still closed.