1/30A damaged road in Gostwyck St, Newtown after the recent rain event, Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer
In photos: Devastation of floods in Lockyer Valley revealed
Roads ruined, farms submerged, and families in desperate need - the extent of the damage the deluge has had on the Lockyer Valley has been revealed. See the eye-opening photos here.
2/30A damaged road in Gostwyck St, Newtown after the recent rain event, Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer
3/30Carpendale farmer Joe Kluck with a sorghum crop damaged from flood waters. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
4/30Carpendale farmer Joe Kluck with a sorghum crop damaged from flood waters. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
5/30A damaged road in Gostwyck St, Newtown after the recent rain event, Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer
6/30Riley Martin cleans up at The Floating Cafe in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
7/30Isaac Lappin and Aimee Wells from C&K Property in Withcott finish cleaning their premises. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
8/30Tony Wood, owner of The Floating Cafe building in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
9/30Manager of the Withcott Foodworks Umesh Manandhar made a barrier from bottled water to stop flood water. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
10/30Carpendale farmer Joe Kluck with a sorghum crop damaged from flood waters. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
11/30Carpendale farmer Joe Kluck with a sorghum crop damaged from flood waters. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
12/30Carpendale farmer Joe Kluck with a sorghum crop damaged from flood waters. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
13/30A damaged road in Gostwyck St, Newtown after the recent rain event, Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer
14/3018 month old Florence Farr outside The Floating Cafe in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
15/30Riley Martin and 18 month old Florence Farr outside The Floating Cafe in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
16/30Debris is strewn all throughout across the Lockyer Valley. The Floating Cafe became temporary refuge for people seeking shelter when the deluge first poured down on Friday.
17/30Lockyer Valley resident Yvonne Darlington inspects the damage and destruction on her property.
18/30Debris, destroyed property, and shipping containers have been strewn across the Lockyer Valley landscape, evidence of the enormity of the force of the weekend floods.
19/30Debris, destroyed property, and shipping containers have been strewn across the Lockyer Valley landscape, evidence of the enormity of the force of the weekend floods.
20/30A crew of locals united to help clean up the mess after the water receded and revealed the devastation of the floods over the weekend.
21/30Lockyer Valley residents face the mammoth task of cleaning up after the weekend floods.
22/30Young Florence Farr inspects the damage as her family cleans up the mess after the water receded.
23/30William Fraser begins the mammoth task of cleaning up.
24/30Tabitha Drescher runs The Floating Cafe and Tony Wood owns the building in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
25/30Isaac Lappin and Aimee Wells from C&K Property in Withcott finish cleaning their premises. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
26/30A damaged road in Gostwyck St, Newtown after the recent rain event, Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer
27/30A damaged road in Gostwyck St, Newtown after the recent rain event, Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Kevin Farmer
28/30Manager of the Withcott Foodworks Umesh Manandhar made a barrier from bottled water to stop flood water. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
29/30(from left) Grace Taylor, Riley Martin and Summer Smith clean up at The Floating Cafe in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
30/3018 month old Florence Farr outside The Floating Cafe in Grantham. Monday, February 28, 2022. Picture: Nev Madsen.
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