Thread: light show over Brisbane

It was more than just a light and sound show here. Trees down, branches everywhere, 6 inches of leaves and twigs in the pool. One 20 metre tall iron bark was snapped off half way up in our back garden, and a 15m chunk of a big old Gum tree was across the drive. Another chainsaw day I feel.

Power came back on yesterday, and Internet and phone restored today.

The kids' 16 foot trampoline was wedged between the house and one of the water tanks, and the most bizarre part was the bonnet from the D3 was ripped off, cracked the new windscreen, bounced off the garage roof, and ended up 70m away at the bottom of next door's garden.

The winds must have been huge - the two rear doors on the shed have been burst open and are broken, and the window on the side has been popped out of it's frame.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

It was more than just a light and sound show here. Trees down, branches everywhere, 6 inches of leaves and twigs in the pool. One 20 metre tall iron bark was snapped off half way up in our back garden, and a 15m chunk of a big old Gum tree was across the drive. Another chainsaw day I feel.

Power came back on yesterday, and Internet and phone restored today.

The kids 16 foot trampoline was wedged between the house and one of the water tanks, and the most bizarre part was the bonnet from the D3 was ripped off, cracked the new windscreen, bounced off the garage roof, and ended up 70m away at the bottom of next door's garden.

The winds must have been huge - the two rear doors on the shed have been burst open and are broken, and the window on the side has been popped out of it's frame.

That's pretty full on, have to admit , it looked it, last time a storm like that came our way, Brighton suffered badly. How are you handling the clean up, Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

That's pretty full on, have to admit , it looked it, last time a storm like that came our way, Brighton suffered badly. How are you handling the clean up, Bob

It was full on! Could have been worse though. What strikes me is how random the wind seems, it was almost as if there was a mini tornado that came in a straight line down our drive. It dumped a 15m chunk of gum tree by the front gates, travelled 25m down the drive, ripped 15kg of D3 bonnet off, threw it at the garage roof, and dropped it 70m away, blew my son's archery target (about 60 kg of timber and metal) over a fence and left it 15m from where it started, blew 2 locked doors open, breaking the tongues, locks and hinges, and a 2m by 1.5m window blown out of it's opening. But just 10m away on the front verandah, the cushions on the couch there were untouched!

Managing the clean up, slowly mostly. The old trusty D1 being used as a tractor to drag big chunks of tree around. We won't be running out of firewood for a couple of years.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

It was full on! Could have been worse though. What strikes me is how random the wind seems, it was almost as if there was a mini tornado that came in a straight line down our drive. It dumped a 15m chunk of gum tree by the front gates, travelled 25m down the drive, ripped 15kg of D3 bonnet off, threw it at the garage roof, and dropped it 70m away, blew my son's archery target (about 60 kg of timber and metal) over a fence and left it 15m from where it started, blew 2 locked doors open, breaking the tongues, locks and hinges, and a 2m by 1.5m window blown out of it's opening. But just 10m away on the front verandah, the cushions on the couch there were untouched!

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Apart from that, just another boring night in the country, Eh as long as you are all ok, & the clean up is under control, Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

Apart from that, just another boring night in the country, Eh as long as you are all ok, & the clean up is under control, Bob

We're all good thanks Bob.

Looks like Ipswich way was harder hit than us though. Hope everyone on here is safe and in one piece.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

We're all good thanks Bob.

Looks like Ipswich way was harder hit than us though. Hope everyone on here is safe and in one piece.

Blknight would have that covered, Bob