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Some pictures of the Australian Cane Railway a small railway in the botanical garden in Bundaberg Qld Aust which I volunteer at. Its my real large scale layout

Pictures of the Approach to the shed damage.
Bit of pick and shovel work starts Monday.

That's serious damage, is that a regular event?

You've certainly got a bit of work to do, after all that track laying.

Rik

ge_rik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 7:38 am You've certainly got a bit of work to do, after all that track laying.

Rik

Yeah we only replaced all those sleepers about middle to late last year.

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2026 9:46 pm That's serious damage, is that a regular event?

I know of big floods that happened in 2010, 2011 2013 (that one filled the shed up to the roof) and now this one, long term residents talk about others. It is mostly caused when a tropical low or an ex cyclone comes down from the north and drenches the catchment of the river. There is a dam upstream but it is at 203% capacity, they lowered the spillway because of fears of collapse the 2013 flood washed away underneath the wall. Another one is proposed downstream from it but it is being talked about ever since I came here in 2019. Might get kicked along after this especially since a local member of the government got flooded out.

Oh s***, not again.

I hope you had the chance to rescue equipment from the workshop before it went under.

Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:54 am Oh s***, not again.

I hope you had the chance to rescue equipment from the workshop before it went under.

Luckily no water in the workshop or the station only the office,smoko room, they got in before and put a lot of stuff up high so dodged a bullet there.
Most of the damage is washouts I believe all hands on deck Monday so I'll know more then.

Glad to hear that, though a huge job regardless.

We're lucky our geographic position on a gentle hill in Woodford, keeps any floodwaters away.