The following are some photos taken yesterday of the floods around central Queensland. Sorry about the quality - iphones don't produce great photos out of the cockpit window (plus it was pretty cloudy!).
Flood waters to the south of Rocky:
A little hard to see, but water was only metres from the threshold of rwy 15. Listening to the mayor on ABC Radio today he reckons the airport could be closed on the weekend:
The Fitzroy river, which has risen a couple of more metres since this photo was taken:
Overhead Emerald a couple of hours before the bridge was closed. This has therefore shut the highway from the south. I believe a couple of streets close to the river are now under water:
Good luck to all of those affected and the pilots providing relief work.