1/39An army of people from Gold Coast businesses pitch in with mud up to their knees to clean out a property on Avebury St, West End. (L-R) Dave Jeffrey gives Mark Hobbs a pat on the back.
Floods revive memories of Mud Army
This week’s floods have brought back memories of the volunteers in the 2011 Brisbane, 2013 Bundaberg and regional Queensland, and 2017 Logan deluges, now known simply as the Mud Army.
2/39Sonia Keen shovels muck at West End.
3/39Mud Army volunteers at Logan Reserve. Picture: Jono Searle
4/39Rescuing property at Logan. Picture: Jono Searle
5/39People scraping mud from the roof of the Centenary Rowing Club's shed.
6/39The Mud Army descends on Bundaberg in 2013. Picture: Mark Calleja
7/39Then Premier Anna Bligh visits Mitchell after its flood to thank the Mitchell Mud Army. Picture: Sarah Marshall
8/39Mud Army Volunteers at Logan Reserve, hit hard by Cyclone Debbie.
9/39Front at right, Cortnie Wyley with effected homeowner Mary Ellen Ferguson in Logan.
10/39Saving what they can at Logan.
11/39Aspiring Gold Coast model Demi-Lee Bolden wasn't afraid of getting dirty in the 2011 flood clean-up.
12/39An army of people mucked in to clean out a property at West End.
13/39People with pressure hoses were in high demand in Eagleby in 2013. Picture: Claudia Baxter
14/39Ashton Lauren, 6, helps clean a friends house on Albert St, Logan.
15/39Mud Army volunteers Aleesha Kennedy, 15, Lauren Wilson, Shaelan Smith and Shane Short ready for work in 2013 with shovels and brooms.
16/39Evelyne Young, Janine Rubio and Sarah Young, 9, helping to feed their Deception Bay street in 2011.
17/39It was hard to tell where the Brisbane River started and where it ended in 2011.
18/39Dave Jeffrey and Sonia Keen were all smiles despite the discomfort.
19/39Surveying the damage at Fairfield in the inner-south of Brisbane.
20/39Then LNP Minister David Crisafulli talks with Mud Army volunteers, Mike Wright, 42 of Toowoomba & Rod Kelly, 55 of Warwick in Bundaberg. Picture: Liam Kidston
21/39Up to their knees in Brisbane in 2011.
22/39Volunteers clean out a property on Avebury St in 2011.
23/39Demi-Lee Bolden and her mum Amanda Bolden in 2011.
24/39Shovels at the ready, Brisbane.
25/39Roger Wilton had his house completely inundated but was inundated with people helping him clean up.
26/39It was a big job in Bundaberg. Picture: Mark Calleja
27/39Don’t drop it! Dry ground was scarce in Bundy.
28/39Saving a chook pen, Bundaberg.
29/39Devastating scenes in 2013.
30/39Mud Army volunteers, Ashleigh Gilson, Pepper Spencer, Tracey Jackson, Hayley Archer and Kylee Davis, all from Bundaberg.
31/39Save what you can. Bundy, 2013.
32/39You were lucky if you had gumboots in 2011.
33/39Mark Hobbs and Henry Poloai take a break in the Brisbane flood clean-up.
34/39Volunteers as far as you can see, 2011.
35/39Inner-city Brisbane was hard hit.
36/39The task in 2011 was enormous.
37/39Clean socks, anyone?
38/39(L-R) Katie Hobbs and Louise Stevens take a well earned break in 2011.
39/39Jodie Noon, Ian Noon and Clancy Foott lend a hand in Mitchell. Picture: Sarah Marshall
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