{"id":25308,"date":"2013-03-02T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T22:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=25308"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T04:12:10","slug":"latest-updates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/03\/02\/latest-updates-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25321\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130302westwooroolinrd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25321\" title=\"20130302westwooroolinrd\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130302westwooroolinrd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130302westwooroolinrd.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130302westwooroolinrd-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Wooroolin Road yesterday afternoon (Photo: Cheryl Dalton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 3, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it rains in the South Burnett, there&#8217;s a list of places that we all know will get flooded: Barkers Creek, Krebs Bridge, Reedy Creek, the Stuart and Boyne Rivers &#8230; but Wooroolin?<\/p>\n<p>The surprise from this weekend&#8217;s &#8220;2013 Floods Mk3&#8221; is the overflow of the Wooroolin Wetlands onto the Bunya Highway just north of the township, blocking the highway and testing motorists&#8217; patience and tempers.<\/p>\n<p>As we reported last week, no one can remember the swamp being this full.<\/p>\n<p>Local resident Ken Dalton predicted that just one downpour would push it over the edge &#8230; and he was right!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/02\/record-wet-at-wooroolin\/\">Record Wet At Wooroolin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The following photos are by local Wooroolin resident Katrina O&#8217;Shannessy-Quirke:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25391\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25391\" title=\"20130303 Bunya Highway\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin7.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin7-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bunya Highway at Wooroolin &#8230; 2.15pm today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25332\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25332\" title=\"20130303 Wooroolin\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin4-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wooroolin Wetlands at noon yesterday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25333\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25333\" title=\"20130303 Wooroolin\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swamp water spills down onto the Bunya Highway\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25334\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25334\" title=\"20130303 Wooroolin\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130303wooroolin6-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water flowing across the Bunya Highway on Saturday; there are fears the flowing water could be causing significant damage to the pavement underneath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bjelke-Petersen Dam<\/strong> &#8211; 1.8m above spillway at 11:35am<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boondooma Dam<\/strong> &#8211; 2.34m above spillway and steady at 11:00am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southburnett.biz\/pdfs\/20130303roadreport6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Burnett road closures<\/a> (at 5:00pm March 3) 294kb PDF<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flood levels for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/cgi-bin\/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ60288.html#Burnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnett River<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Main Roads <a href=\"http:\/\/highload.131940.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traffic and Travel Information<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Keep in touch with our live Facebook feed from South Burnett Regional Council:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; 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