Monday, 28 February 2011

The 2010 - Burnett River

THE FLOODS OF 2011
The sunken catamaran 'The Park Bench' goes by

A person is rescued from their rooftop as we watch on

2Abreast after her wild ride down the river.  Abandoned in the main flow on a big anchor but on a thin rope.

2Abreast safely tied up to the mangroves

This one wasn't so lucky.  31st December 2010

This beautiful schooner went over but was righted with only a little damage

Our poor anchor winch which was ripped out during our dramatic ride backwards down river

What's left of our home, Midtown Marina.  The chandlery bulding behind this shed has completely wahsed away.

The chandlery building goes under

The chandlery just starting to flood

Where we were anchored before the tree hit us and took us out

This is actually the road down to the marina car park

Geoff and Clayton try their best to keep unattended boats free of weed but to no avail. 
This ended up down the river with extensive damage

What a mess and what a shame
High and dry
On way back up river  on 1st March 2011 we passed this boat again. 
See above photo of 31st December 2010