Queensland Floods 2011

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Life is cruel

Floods in Dalby. Photo: reader Ben Sue-Fong

A precious jewel
To be discovered

Myall Creek was still 1.8 metres high yesterday after peaking at more than 6 metres.Photo: Courtney Trenwith

Life is unkind

The Warrego Highway between Dalby and Oakey. Photo: Courtney Trenwith

A state of mind
To be smothered

Life is tough

Homes under water in Emerald.Photo: Media Pool

When the going's rough
And youre shattered

Theodore, in Central Queensland, has been flooded.Photo: David Kapernick

Life is constant change

Jan 2nd Photo: George Roberts ABC News

As you rearrange
And feel battered

Dec 29th Dalby Condamine Road Photo : Luke Skerman

Life is a feeling you squeeze
From inside

New England Highway was washed away in parts.Photo: Courtney Trenwith

Its holding hands and feeling warm
Its lonely till you see the dawn

Floods in Chinchilla, QLD. A natural disaster has been declared in Kyogle Shire, on the far north Queensland coast.Photo: Brisbane Times

Its the sunshine and the light
From a kindly face on a thought filled night

Floods in Dalby. Photo: reader Ben Sue-Fong

It's a feeling that wont let you be
Its listening to the voice inside

Floodwaters seen from a plane coming in to land at the airport in Rockhampton.Photo: Janie Barrett

Its knowing you wont slip and slide
When you walk and you talk

Recovery Partners

With your country by your side

https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/services/donations/campaigns/appeal10

Rockhampton is currently under water and cut off

They are going to have to ride it out...but we are thinking of them.

A12 no. 11 locomotive built by Baldwin (USA) for the Central Railway, Rockhampton, in 1878

The floods cover an area bigger than New South Wales (France and Germany together. It is affecting our people, our livestock, our farms, wine industry, mines, commerce, They are still recovering from last year's floods.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48319&src=nhrss

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Life is toughIts knowing you wont slip and slideWhen you walk and you talk