Tag: Gympie Flows Forward
Funding still coming in for mitigation
Flood-impacted councils across Queensland will share in a total of $18.25 million to improve flood resilience through flood studies, risk assessments and other special...
Insurance issues add to the stress of the floods
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has received more than 2000 complaints from flood-affected consumers in the year since the devastating floods with delays...
‘Seeing recognisable landmarks engulfed, it was really quite incredible’
Photographer Leeroy Todd feels honoured to have his work displayed as one third of the trio of artists behind the 22.96 / receding exhibition...
Council launches ‘resilient’ campaign
It has been one year since the 22.96m flood event that devastated areas of the Mary Valley, Gympie city and surrounding suburbs. In those...
‘I just remember eventually dissociating myself as a coping mechanism…’
Monkland resident Pauline Petrus counts herself as "fortunate" despite the fact she was powerless to stop a torrent of water breaching her bedroom on...
Fair go call on flood money
Regional centres, including Gympie and its northern neighbours Maryborough and Bundaberg, deserve a "fair share" of flood recovery funds, but are not getting the...
How it all unfolded – a timeline to disaster
Wednesday 23 February
6am - The Bureau of Meteorology issues a flood watch on the Mary River, after it rises 6m in 6 hours.
7am -...
Long road to recovery
For those Gympie residents most directly affected by the record flooding events of 2022, they don’t need to be reminded of the events of...
Crash occurs on detour around fatal Glenwood collision
A second crash has occurred on the detour around a fatal collision that happened on the Bruce Highway at Glenwood on Friday morning.
The initial...
