Case studies

The Brisbane Valley Highway at Fernvale reopened just two weeks after south-east Queensland was devastated by record-breaking rainfall and flooding in early 2022.

When Brisbane City Council realised they had reached capacity with their flood impact response efforts following the 2022 South East Queensland deluge, they called on the help of Queensland's Department of Environment and Science (DES) to clean up Stable Swamp Creek and the Rocklea Markets.

Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has now completed upslope stabilisation works on Beechmont Road in the Gold Coast Hinterland following extensive damage caused by the severe rainfall that hit South East Queensland between February and April 2022.

Around 35,000 costumes were destroyed when Jokers Costume Mega Store in Rocklea was inundated with 1.8 metres of floodwater following the Brisbane rain bomb of 2022.

Chris and Ronnella Onyeajum faced the daunting task of cleaning out their house and property following the devastating floods in February 2022.

The flood waters had reached the door handles on the home’s second floor.   

Goodna resident Paul Harding and his family were among the first Queenslanders to accept a Resilient Homes Fund buy-back offer after their family home was devastated in the 2022 floods.

An elevated acre-block in Fernvale, away from the threat of rising waters, with a flying fox for the kids.

That’s what Dirk de Vos, his wife and two children can now look forward to after accepting their buy-back offer through the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund.

You don’t have to be an accountant to know that an extraordinary amount of rain - plus a small amount of time - equals trouble.  

But Paddy Beeraka from Tax Today is an accountant, so after the flood waters swept through his business he knew what to do next.