Friday, 4 March, 2022
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Clean up after the deluge The clean up is in full swing this week after residents and business owners across Noosa Shire had their properties inundated by floodwaters. Like his neighbours in Cooroy, Craig, with his cat, Pud, battled flooding for three consecutive nights. As the waters have receded he, like others, are now dealing with the loss of property, cleaning away the contaminated floodwater, assessing the damage and looking to the future. Read more on page 4
Craig with Pud, the cat, and neighbour, Brandon, drying out flood-affected items in the back yard.
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It’s wet, wet, wet By Margie Maccoll
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Flooded houses, businesses and cars, cut roads, swift water rescues, people left stranded, food shortages and death marked the past week as nature unleashed its fury on Noosa. Floodwaters came to within one tile width of entering the Gympie Terrace beach shack of its long term owner as he and dog, Misty, surveyed their water-filled garden, wishing sightseers would stop driving through the flooded
road, sending bow waves toward the property. Across the road from him, the Waterfront Restaurant had increased its water frontage, and boat hire businesses were inundated as the floodwaters spread across Gympie Terrace to the shops opposite, which were forced to close over the weekend. As the high tide peaked on Sunday morning, an Energex worker was finishing his night shift watching the water rise to just below the point on the power transformer that would
have signalled his need to switch off the power. Power had already been shut off to almost 70 Noosaville properties and 35 Noosa North Shore properties for safety reasons. On Hilton Terrace, Tewantin, as multiple motorists defied road closed signs to drive through the flooded street at the height of the tidal peak an A Black Towing driver watched and waited. He’d spent the past two days pulling out 15 cars, most in Pomona, that had been stranded or washed away after being
driven into flooded streets. “They float for a little bit, then submerge,” he said. “I don’t know why people try it.” The road was also shut for flooding at Shorehaven Drive, Noosa Waters. Some residents called out to motorists to stop or slow down as they drove through the floodwaters while others ventured out in kayaks and bikes. Continued pages 4-5