Ithaca Creek
SOWN member Craig Davis sent us in these pictures from Lugg Street, Ithaca Creek and nearby areas. He reports: "The creek and the site took a beating. The creek at its peak was above the floor of the footbridge. All of the mulch and most of the plants planted this...
Enoggera Creek > Walton Bridge Reserve
Walton Bridge Reserve was one of the least affected sites after the storm of 16 November 2008. It was on the eastern edge of the storm. Sites further west were much more badly damaged. But after more than 200mm of rain the following Thursday morning (20-11-08) the...
Fish Creek > Romea St to Settlement Road
Extensive damage in this section and some of the most disheartening was the snapping of mature gums all along the creek from Chaprow Rd downstream to the Gap Primary School and beyond. Quirk Street Bridge downstream Quirk Street Bridge downstream Quirk Street Bridge...
Fish Creek > Bromwich St to Wittonga Park
Huge destruction and massive piles of green waste. The army set up a base in Wittonga Park. Mulch piles, just the beginning Wittonga Park Walkway, near Wittonga Park
Enoggera Creek > Yoorala Street to the SOWNy club
Some of the biggest Eucalypts in the catchment snapped or broken and shredded. Trees down. Still no access to the SOWNy Club. Smaller rainforest species in the plantings survived well. Lots of flood damage. Storm damage worst along the creek adjacent the SOWNy club....
Enoggera Creek > Riaweena Street to Nicholas Park
Mulch piles, just the beginning Wittonga Park Wittonga Park Creek Wittonga Park Near Corton Street, reservoir end Riaweena, upstream end Riaweena, upstream end Flooded creek, Riaweena Flooded creek, Riaweena Riaweena St Riaweena St View where none was before Bob...
Enoggera Creek > St John’s Wood, Enoggera Reserve
We have reports in from Charlie, upstream from Gresham St Bridge and Dick Harding, Royal Parade and Enoggera Reserve. The main damage in these areas, which missed the worst of Sunday's storm, was the floods on Thursday morning 20 November. JUST IN: Photos from the...
Nursery, Paten Park
Dick Harding reports: "In a sea of fallen trees the SOWN nursery miraculously sustained damage to only a small section of the greenhouse, the far corner of which will need repair — replacement of a pole and one cross-piece should do it. In the longer term we’ll need...
