The widespread implosion therapy in South East Queensland has forced the blockage of the Brisbane Produce Markets over the weekend , with many traders struggling to make substitute arrangement to deal , or even store , their yield and vegetable produce .
In a statement on their internet site , the management of Brisbane Markets Limited ask wholesalers and fresh garden truck company not to attempt to reach the markets until further notice , with water inundation have a bun in the oven to reach eight meter ( AHD ) , around one metre lower than the 2011 deluge , with water covering the Central Trading Area . Personnel is on - site who have implemented our overflow direction plan to ensure that critical service and substructure can be reinstated once floodwaters start to recede .
Drone photos film , and publish on the Produce Oz by Jensens Instagram pageboy shows the extent of the water level at the markets , with water covering the intact wheel of some of the motortruck , with the entire site covered by floodwaters .
Drone Images of the Brisbane Market floodwater provided by Produce Oz by Jensens . For more images , or company entropy sojourn theInstagram Page .
Another companionship which calls the Markets home is Produce Art , and Director Rohan Bicknell says body of water levels inside the market have n’t subsided at all today even though the sun is out . He bring up there is still no sign of when trading operations may be able to sum up , or the clean - up to begin .
" We have been tell that we can not get in until further notice , it has n’t slacken at all from what we know , " he said . " I , like many others , have produce stuck in storage warehouse that are inundation affected , and in turn without coolheaded entrepot due to a loss of power in website . There will be some really tough losses . I do n’t experience exactly , but I do n’t see it improving for the next week or two . If the markets are n’t open , there are not really any other point for green goods to be sell in Brisbane or distributed , unfortunately . We ’re facing the fact that people might just have to care with the deficit of fresh produce for the little terminal figure . "
Some other wholesale business at the market place have set up ' artificial satellite sites ' in other section of the city to be able to sell a select range of their green goods , where possible , while others have had to direct grow interstate to Sydney , with external storage facility starting to fill up . Mr Bicknell add that for Produce Art , it was a scamper to be able-bodied to sell green goods that was just capable to arrive in the urban center today .
" Fortunately , we have been able to ferment around it and use some of the freight forwarders that are n’t affected and able to load out of their sites and also we have redirected a great deal of our freightage to Sydney , " he allege . " I know one serious fact is that all of the produce that was due into Brisbane has meant storage is starting to make full - up to the max in external site not flooded effected . We have essentially been request to move all of our garden truck in those locations to help other multitude who might be stuck . For example , we had some avocados come down to the market and alternatively of selling some domestically and some export , we have had to make the call to export everything just to aid memory board levels . Even Sydney Markets are filling up with the overspill of what can not be sold in Brisbane . The same thing could even be encounter in Melbourne in a couple of days , we do n’t live . "
Drone Images of the Brisbane Market floodwater provided byProduce Oz by Jensens .
The rainfall not only affected the Markets and Brisbane CBD , with surrounding regions to the north and west put on flood watch and highways closed , as far as Bundaberg and the Sunshine Coast in the north and retiring Toowoomba in the West , include the Lockyer Valley , which is home to many fruit and veg farm . The Austchilli Group advise on their societal media pages that there would be holdup in produce that was entail to be shipped interstate and overseas due to the Bruce Highway being closed near Gympie , due north of Brisbane . The route re - opened to priority travel this afternoon , but there are still expected to be some delays .
Meanwhile , the Queensland Government has announced jointly funded Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements ( DRFA ) , with the Commonwealth Government , to 17 local government area in South East Queensland as a event of the torrential rainfall . stern flooding is even stretching as far south as the Lismore part in Northern New South Wales .
Sattelite map of flood warning areas , take on on February 26 , source : Bureau of Meteorology , AustraliaTwitter .
The Australian mango season is in its terminal hebdomad of the time of year , and while there may be some impact to the supply chain , most agriculturist have now eat up with small volume of late - season varieties being picked in the realm . But the apex mango tree diligence body is reaching out to agriculturist who may have been affected .
" Australian Mango Industry Association ( AMIA)/Australian Mangoes is cognisant of the significant weather condition event in South East Queensland ( SEQ ) and Northern New South Wales ( NNSW ) , " an AMIA voice sound out . " Our thoughts are with anybody affected by this conditions and we recommend anybody in the mango tree industry affected to continue safe , listen to update from emergency serve , and seek aid if they require it . "
While the rainwater eased throughout Monday , there are isolated rainfall events and electric storm forecast over the next few days and flowage warnings will stay on in place . For the late , visit : www.bom.gov.au / qld / admonition .
For flood parking brake assistance tangency the SES on 132 500 . For life - jeopardise emergencies , call Triple Zero ( 000 ) .
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