The river has burst its banks in the inner city, spilling across footpaths but falling short of official flood levels.
The river has burst its banks in the inner city, spilling across footpaths but falling short of official flood levels.
By Felicity Caldwell
March 11, 2025 — 10.38am
The Brisbane River has burst its banks, spilling across footpaths, but it failed to reach minor flood levels in the inner city at high tide.
The Bureau of Meteorology warned early on Tuesday that minor flooding was possible in Brisbane city, coinciding with high tide.
However, the gauge in the city peaked at 1.57 metres at 8.07am, below the minor flood level of 1.7 metres, and then began falling.
The St Lucia gauge peaked at 1.89 metres at 8.40am on Tuesday – the minor flood level at that spot is 2.4 metres.
Water was lapping over the footpath in parts of the inner city on Tuesday morning, including along Riverside Drive at West End and the Bicentennial Bikeway at Milton.
During the 2022 flood, the Brisbane city gauge in Edward Street peaked at 3.85 metres, and 4.46 metres during the 2011 flood.
The tourist hot-spot of South Bank was quieter than usual, with just a few people out for a morning jog and the beach still fenced off after the weekend’s wild weather.
Despite flash flooding inundating homes in Brisbane on Sunday, a repeat of the 2011 or 2022 floods due to river flooding did not eventuate, with ex-Cyclone Alfred now moving away from the coast, and only one or two millimetres of rain predicted each day for the next week.
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However, the Sandy Creek Road gauge at Grantham was at minor flood levels at 9.30am on Tuesday, and Laidley Creek at the Warrego Highway was at major flood levels at 9am, at 5.87 metres.
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The Enoggera Reservoir was 2.15 metres above the spillway, and at minor flood levels, at 7.30am.
Seqwater was due to hold a press conference early on Tuesday afternoon.
There are no flood releases currently occurring from Wivenhoe Dam, but controlled gated releases were likely in the coming days, pending further rainfall, timing of dam inflows, and consideration of water flowing in downstream catchments.
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