Heat wave conditions

How did you survive our 3 day heat wave ?

The cool change has been a welcome relief.

Feeling for our Queensland neighbours who are still waiting to assess the damage of the 2025 flood and a reminder to us all  that this can happen anywhere in Australia no one is protected when we get an inundation .

" From people "bunkering down" in Townsville to "one of Ingham's scariest nights", the flood of 2025 will be felt in north Queensland for years to come.

Parts of the Bruce Highway have crumbled underneath a torrent of water, isolating communities from critical supplies.

A woman has died in the Hinchinbrook Shire — an area facing its worst flooding disaster in at least 58 years.

Power has been cut to more than 10,000 homes and at least 1,700 homes have been at risk of flooding.

While it's too soon for residents to calculate the cost of this disaster, north Queenslanders are drawing strength from community spirit and humour to get through the tough times.

ngham, just over 100 kilometres north of Townsville, is one of the worst-hit regions in north Queensland to be pummelled by the late season tropical low.

While the tight-knit community of 4,500 people is no stranger to summer rainfall, business owner Travis Cauchi said Sunday was "one of Ingham's scariest nights", with 456 millimetres in 22 hours.

"Whilst we knew to prepare, we certainly weren't expecting what we've got," he said.

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