‘I knew it was a flood zone, I thought once in 50 years’

Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow

Feb 28, 2022 – 6.52pm

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Raphael and Maisy Cendrillon knew the house they were buying in Chelmer in Brisbane’s western suburbs was in a flood zone, but they didn’t think it was going to suffer a major inundation only a decade after the 2011 floods.

Like many of the 15,000 residents whose homes were damaged by the flooding across south-east Queensland over the weekend, the Cendrillon’s spent Monday moving furniture from underneath their home.

Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane.

Mark Ludlow writes on politics, energy and infrastructure based in Brisbane.