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With airports back open and schools set to return on Monday, Queenslanders are emerging from their battened down homes and starting to inspect the scale of damage.
It’s in moments like this, that the people of Queensland prove just how resilient they are.
Heavy rain is forecast to continue to develop across the region today, with six-hourly rainfall totals between 80 and 130 millimetres likely, meanwhile the tropical low formerly known as Cyclone Alfred begins to make it’s way inland.
More than 320,000 people remain cut off from power, in what the Queensland Premier David Crisafulli describes as the largest blackout in the history of the state.
But even with no TV, patchy phone reception, sodden lawns and muddy gutters – Queenslanders will not be broken by the fury of sun-shower Alfred.
“We will rebuild” said one local Bayside resident, Winnie Manly (40).
Another Redcliffe resident, Sandy Gate (55) echoes this sentiment.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going. And Queenslanders are tough”
Elsewhere in Brisbane, a giant brass horn is being aired from atop of the Kangaroo Point cliffs, signalling the recruitment drive for the famous Queensland Mud Army.
Queenslanders say that while they didn’t end up seeing a full-blown Twister tearing down the Queen Street Mall, they are still exhausted from this week-long ordeal, and there is still a mammoth recovery process ahead of them.
“Just because we didn’t get by the eye of a Cylcone, doesn’t excuse Peter Dutton’s behaviour last week” said one Northside resident, Callan Agar (60).
“We will not forget that he pulled a runner on the eve of Cyclone Alfred. It’s even worse that he was mingling with billionaires in Bondi. The only thing Queenslanders hate more than a coward is a suck up”
Flood alerts are now in place for northern and north-west NSW, as the rainfall continues inland. Meanwhile Queenslanders are hitting the streets with brooms and shovels.
“We won’t let Alfred win!” roars West End resident, Hol Antpark (32).
Major flood warnings are current for the Bremer River, Warrill Creek and the Logan River, with a flood watch issued for the entire south-east.
Other regional that may be affected include Warwick, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Gympie, Stanthorpe, Caboolture Coolangatta and Ipswich.
STAY SAFE QUEENSLANDERS!
