Rob,

No NOTAM as yet, where did you hear this?

My whiz-bang flight tracker still shows movements happening at YBBN.
And as Ando1Bar said, No NOTAM indicates such a situation.

Still seeing aircraft passing overhead on departure..hope it doesn't close as I have a red-eye flight out of Brisbane in the morning. Actually getting to the airport might be the problem now though!

Brisbane is definitely still open, there was no flooding today beyond some standing water on the aprons. They are anticipating flooding on some of the commercial southern airport land tonight or tomorrow, but not the runway or vital TWYs. I heard that Amberley is closed.

All the best to people in the Toowoomba district. There are some dreadful scenes on TV. :sad:

I hate to say it but the availablity of avgas and A1 will be a problem in the next few days in these flood effected areas. Hopefully this won't effect the rescue efforts to much.

Maybe not yet, but possibly tomorrow or even Thursday afternoon which will be the peak of the flooding.

The old airport was closed in 1974 for the floods and these are supposed to be going to be worse than the 1974 ones by Thursday. :(

Brisbane airport to stay open:

Brisbane Airport to stay open amid Queensland flood crisis | Latest news on the Queensland Floods | News.com.au

Anyone know why the Army isn't using the Chinooks to help with the large scale evacs?

The old airport was to the south west of the new airport on lower ground (in the vicinity of P TWY and south of Lomandra Drive) and that land is expected to flood. I understand that it was one of the reasons that the new runways were built further north and higher. 01/19 is supposed to be Armageddon proof (just ask the engineers :}) and even if there is flooding on some taxiways there should still be a route to both major aprons.

Anways, fingers crossed for YBBN!

Hope all is well Grogmonster....

Most of the chooks are in the sand pit AFAIK.

Thanks Critical Reynolds, I thought there were only 2 over there.

Disaster recovery assistance for communities affected by flooding, severe storms and fires - Initiatives - The Premier of Queensland



Interesting to see Etihad has donated (or pledged to) $1,000,000 and Qantas $500,000.

Here is the project flooding map expected on Thursday.
Just heared they have just closed the Port of Brisbane.
http://lexiphanic.com/floodmaps/floo...d_flag_map.pdf

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7167616_n.jpg

note the roundabout up the top there..
24 hrs later
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6455828_n.jpg

this evening, just downstream of the wivenhoe
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6267650_n.jpg

the street lamp also helps gives perspective...
wonder if the bridge will survive?

Gold Coast to Sunny Coast??
 

Flown into Toowoomba, and totally amazed as to how that place could flood like that??!!!!!!! I have a couple of associates and friends there - they're ok - but I've heard some crazy stories already.

Is anyone flying from Goldie to Sunny Coast in next few days?? And could fit a female passenger in. She desperately wants to get home, but without her car on Goldie, and all trains/buses on stop for a week, and I believe that Caboolture highway closed nearby. PM me please if you maybe flying up there to Maroochydore and wouldn't mind a cute girl who loves a chat for your flight. Thanx KP

Great perspective of the depth. Quite incredible!

Wow! To put a bit more perspective on the pictures above I have found a picture of Mount Crosby Weir in quieter times.
http://www.sweetwaterfishing.com.au/...CrosbyWeir.jpg

Brisbane Floods
 

YBBN should be right but YBAF is possibly going to be affected.

You need to zoom in a bit!

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201101/r700545_5364857.pdf

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201101/r700540_5364790.pdf

Thank goodness my prayers have been answered since my previous post #17: Defence to bring in more helicopters