Rain from ex tropical cyclone Oswald has brought flooding to Ipswich ... again.
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2/25Rainwater floods a park on Smiths Road in Goodna. Heavy rains and strong winds battered Ipswich on Sunday, January 27. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
3/25An inundated drain on Smiths Road in Goodna overflows into a park and across the street. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
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11/25The SES attend to a leakig roof at a Limestone Street property. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
12/25SES volunteers pack a womans car boot with sand bags to protect her property at the SES Thorn Street depot. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
13/25A cat walks past a bucket and a makeshift water collector in a Limestone Street property experiencing a leaking roof. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
14/25A car hit a barrier on the Warrego Highway at North Ipswich. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
15/25Large puddles at the Ivor Marsden Cricket grounds. Ipswich cricket games were called off this weekend (26-27.01.13) due to heavy rain. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
16/25SES volunteers manually sweep pooling water from the front of a flooding Joyce Street property. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
17/25Strong winds and heavy rain batter the Ivor Marsden Cricket grounds. . Picture: Claudia Baxter
18/25The Bundmaba Race track is soaked due to heavy rainfall. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
19/25The Bundmaba Race track is soaked due to heavy rainfall. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
20/25Flooding at a Joyce Street property in East Ipswich. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
21/25A car drives through water on Smiths Road, Goddna. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
22/25Police wait for Energex to attend to a fallen power line on Paice Street in Bundamba. Heavy rain and strong winds battered Ipswich on Sunday, January 27. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
23/25SES volunteers pack a womans car boot with sand bags to protect her property at the SES Thorn Street depot. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
24/25Matt Mirfin sits on the steps of his home in Joyce Street, East Ipswich. The front garden began to flood late morning on Sunday, January 27. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
25/25Amelia Jago keeps puppy Phoebe warm and dry during Sunday's deluge. Photo: Claudia Baxter / The Queensland Times. Picture: Claudia Baxter
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