Brisbane Storm 20/05/2009

Brisbane had its heaviest rain in 24 hours for decades on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Having spent several years in Darwin I love heavy rain and generally regard the 'severe' weather in Brisbane as pretty mediocre. I'm sure people who have had their houses damaged wouldn't agree. Anyway, the creeks were close to bursting their banks in several parts of Brisbane and actually did so in the suburb of Windsor. In our neck of the woods (a tributary of Bulimba Creek called Phillips Creek) I was kicking myself for not having my camera on me during the storm when we were out driving. The water was boiling under the bridge just upstream from us and actually over the bridge downstream from us.

The bike-path bridge a short distance downstream from us a few hours after its peak. It crosses a storm water channel leading to Phillips Creek about 10m away.

Downstream from the bike-path bridge

Upstream from the bike bridge on Phillips Creek

Downstream from the Gallipoli Rd bridge. The red line shows the high water mark.

Upstream from the Gallipoli Rd bridge

Tracking growth

I thought it would be a good idea to track the growth of several plants around the garden. Generally it is very difficult to tell what a plant is until it has grown past its initial leaves so I'm starting early. There are also a couple of Hibiscus shots related to the previous Hibiscus inhabitants entries.

Gooseberry seedlings

Silverbeet seedling

Brussel sprout seedling

Hibiscus stem closeup. It's a spikey one!

I planted it a bit too close to the neighbours fence but after recent persistent rain (over a few weeks) it started leaning out from the fence. It is growing in clay soil. However the top is now pointing skywards again and it seems none the worse for it.