(Floods: Wednesday 12 January - Thursday 13 January 2011)
Penny Sanderson psanderson@itee.uq.edu.au
Looking south-east, the full extent of flooding on the UQ campus is evident.
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Thursday 13 Jan, early morning - aerial view near height of flood. Looking
approx south-west. Riverfront is
at bottom of picture.
The Cognitive Engineering Research Laboratory (CERG) is on ground level of the
Psychology building, which is circled.
The water overwhelmed the Tennis Courts, then came up Blair Drive and bit up the
Psychology access road to where the arrow is.
It was predicted at one point we'd be 1.2 meters under water, so we evacuated a
lot of equipment and materials.
If the flood had been less than a meter higher than it was, we would have been
flooded up to some level.
Thursday 13 Jan 6:44 am - after the major peak around 4 am.
Standing about where the arrow is pointing in the
photo above.
Looking away from Psychology building towards the Tennis Courts, at corner of
the Psychology access road and Blair Drive.
High water line is
the line of debris behind the man standing at left, and behind feet of man
standing at right.
Wedn 12 Jan 11:28 am - the day before the highest flooding, water rising on Blair Drive.
Tennis Courts at left.
Wedn 12 Jan 11:29 am - Tennis Courts from Blair Drive
Wedn 12 Jan 11:30 am - Blair Drive
Wedn 12 Jan 11:30 am - Men observing retreat of the first peak at 30:40 Cafe in
the Tennis Courts off
Blair Drive
Wedn 12 Jan 11:30 am - Tennis Courts. River course is in background behind the
trees.
Wedn 12 Jan 11:32 am - Tennis Courts and satellite dishes
Wedn 12 Jan 11:34 am - Matt Thompson and the playing fields below Blair Drive
Wedn 12 Jan 11:57 am - Senate room in Brian Wilson Chancellory Building, before
EOPS meeting
Thursday 13 Jan 7:19 am - Top of Sir Fred Schonell Drive from the roundabout,
with multideck carpark at left
Thursday 13 Jan 7:23 am - Playing field north of Sir Fred Schonell and opposite
multideck carpark
Thursday 13 Jan 7:52 am - crosswalk on Sir Fred Schonell Drive near multideck
carpark.
Thursday 13 Jan 8:06 am - Stadium and playing fields. River in distance.
Thursday 13 Jan 4:37 pm - As the second peak washes away, the UQ Aquatic Centre
Thursday 13 Jan 4:40 pm - Through the fence, the swimming pool at the UQ Aquatic
Centre
Thursday 13 Jan 4:50 pm - The high water line at The Deck Cafe beside the UQ Centre.
Thursday 13 Jan 4:59 pm - High water line on the upper steel panel of the
counter of the 30:40 Cafe in the Tennis Courts area.
Thursday 13 Jan 4:59 pm - 30:40 Cafe.
Thursday 13 Jan 5:03 pm - Tennis courts from the upper deck of the Tennis Club.
Fences are down with the force of debris, and playing surfaces have lifted.
Thursday 13 Jan 5:09 pm - Tennis courts, with water retreated down to the mud
sludge residue.