messy Monday...getting back to work

There's been a lot of traffic past here today. As I write this the temperature is warm and humid with the hint of a thunderstorm in the air.
the trucks have been busy going back and forth all day...
After I ducked down to the shops for some basic supplies , like some fresh batteries for my camera....(I couldn't find the re-chargeables I bought, I am sure they are around somewhere), I decided to duck down to the bottom of the street, and see how it looked.
not sure how many properties were affected down this street where my son used to live...
rubbish piles littered the sides of the streets as I drove down to the park and soccer fields again, even though they would have been carting away much rubbish yesterday as well...

it would have been better if I'd rolled the windows down to take the photos!
some how the goal posts have been shifted...

and as I followed this truck back up the hill to where I live again...
I discovered it was the army out and about.....you know things are pretty grim when the army turns out...
then I decided to go down to see if my hair salon had gone under water, being in another low lying area, down near the high school....more devastation...lots more devastation...
the creek must have been quite high along here...
and yes, my suspicions were confirmed...but I was a little late to offer any help
as the volunteers must have hopped in and helped clean it on the w'e...not much left in there...
but she did save a lot of things , apart from the furniture, she told me when I rang her...and she hopes to be up and running again in a week or so...as soon as she has renovated and refurnished...
that was kind of the council to leave a porta-loo there...for any who needed one, especially the volunteers yesterday I imagine.
loved the Australian flag flying...
and the creek down there too was a bit of a mess...
how heart breaking to see the amount of water that has backed up from the river along the creek...and inundated houses there...

at least the buses were out and about again. The Lord mayor declared that it was "back to work" day today, to keep the economy ticking over...
the bus driver kindly stopped to see if I had taken his "good side"...so then I did! Council transport is free for a fortnight...to keep the cars off the damaged roads...
and the army truck continues to roll on by...have seen him go past about 3 times already today...shifting rubbish....

at least the hibiscus was looking pretty good and cheerful...
one of my favorite photos from the media (the abc website) of the Brisbane River in full flood, looks like it has been taken from Kangaroo Point, high up on the cliffs, where many people gathered to look, by the looks!

I will try to post the links to some of the interesting photos on the top of my sidebar for you if you are interested.