Dan, Tim the ferrymen come to the rescue of westsiders with their tinnies

Dan Hill and Tim Kempton are the talk of the westside after ferrying hundreds of stranded locals across a flooded road.

You can achieve a power of good with just two blokes and two tinnies.

Take the case of Pullenvale construction industry worker Dan Hill and Anstead’s Tim Kempton, who between them have ferried hundreds of stranded westsiders across a flooded road since the weekend.

Their exploits have made them the most popular pair in the sprawling area from Kenmore to Mt Crosby, which has been totally isolated — and looks like staying that way at least for another day.

Mr Hill said he had been carefully motoring back and forth across Moggill Rd at Pullenvale for two days from early morning until late afternoon.

Dan Hill and his trusty tinnie. Picture: Allie Lee

“I’m just glad to help get a lot of people across to where they need to be,’’ he said modestly.

“I feel for the community. Just look around us.

“All the community has chipped in, keeping us supplied with fuel, slabs of beer and food.’’

Mr Kempton said he was only too happy to lend a hand as the area, home to more than 20,000 people, struggled with dwindling fuel, medicine and food supplies.

Prominent medico Dr Jon-Paul Khoo said the actions of the pair was inspiring.

“My wife and I were at Maleny for our 21st wedding anniversary and couldn’t get back to Brisbane until today,’’ he said.

“I was calling mates asking if any of them had kayaks or canoes and then I heard about these guys.

“All our four kids (aged 14, 15, 16 and 19) were by themselves at Pullenvale.

“They’ve cooked and cleaned since they were at school, but you can’t help feel worried.

The scene at Moggill Rd, near Rafting Ground Rd.

Dr Khoo will stay with family at St Lucia to keep Toowong Specialist Clinic ticking over, as only three out of its 25 doctors could get in to work, while his wife took the tinnie express home to Pullenvale.

Year 12 Brigidine College student Jazmin Nolan was waiting in a line of 20 people, clutching suitcases and bags of clothes, on the Kenmore side of the road this morning while waiting for a tinnie ride.

“We were supposed to have our school formal on Friday night but it got cancelled because of the rain, so we decided to make up for it by having a party at a friend’s place (in Sinnamon Park),’’ the Pullenvale resident said.

Her friend’s mother, Danielle Whitman, drove Jazmin to the tinnie stop this morning via a circuitous route over the Walter Taylor Bridge as the Centenary Bridge was cut.