Today we'd like you to meet Joe. He runs Science Of Fitness in West End, Brisbane.

His gym was directly affected by the #seqfloods with knee height water going through the building causing damage to equipment, flooring and the walls.

Flood-affected small businesses across the Southeast have been thrown a lifeline from the Australian and Queensland governments, with grants of up to $50,000 now available.

In late February 2022, a job site in Willowbank was inundated by water as a result of the severe South East Queensland flooding.

A move from Castlemaine Street in Milton to Albion wasn’t enough to save the Milton Rum Distillery from the flood waters that devastated much of South East Queensland in early 2022.

Roger Wagner has been left living in a caravan after almost three metres of water came rushing through his home and backyard business.

Deagon Dress Ups owner Katy Hardiman was just days away from opening her costume and equipment hire shop when the South East Queensland floods came through, leaving boxes of costumes, fabrics and handmade garments floating through the premises.  

A $25,000 disaster recovery grant has helped a small business owner in Ipswich get back in the swing 

Just weeks away from opening its doors for the very first time, Body Fit Training was hit by major flooding in early 2022.

After the extreme rain event in late February 2022 Josef Selway, co-owner of Blue & Grae – a business in Albion that creates hand-made leather goods – was expecting his workshop to flood and prepared for what was thought to be the worst case scenario by moving things upstairs or putting them on top of high workbenches.