Flooding in Speight Street Brighton

The flood map indicates there may be issues close to the Wetlands, but not extending far from there. Best wishes, hope you don't go under.

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/maps/flooding_brighton_flood_flag_map.pdf

Oops, only just saw the time stamp on the post. Hopefully it's useful information anyway.

Yes, interesting thread based on the date of the first post. Hopefully everything went well.

One upside of the flooding is that a lot more people are aware of issues concerning water, and since Brisbane resembles a large flood plain it's useful information to know.

^ I don't believe that "Brisbane resembles a large flood plain" at all. Where did you get that information from? Interesting comment coming from a RE Agent...With regard to Speight St Brighton, the lower end of these 2 split streets (see maps) are in fact close to wetland areas. Although these wetter wooded areas are by no means a water course. In the recent 2011 floods (Jan11) these wetland areas became more sodden, however were still not water courses. No houses on the lower ends of Speight St were flooded. Brighton is not fed by the Brisbane river in any way, shape or form. Brighton has been thoughtfully developed around a few wetland areas and those areas have been protected. 90% of Brighton is established on the hills and slopes surrounding the wetlands and most properties are on average 12m above sea level. Areas that may flood are along the Brighton waterfront - Flinders Parade.

Comment was taken from 'Brisbane' by Matthew Condon http://bit.ly/j7AH5M

Matthew's book is an excellent dig around into the early history and culture of Brisbane, well worth a read. If a general interpretation of the flood prone nature of the 'River City' isn't satisfying then just count the numbers, a tad under 2% of property were flood affected, interpretation of whatever kind can then be placed on those numbers.

I'm not sure why identifying Allen Real Estate as a Buyers Agency would make my comment interesting?

I'm glad there were no issues with said properties! I got plenty of panicked calls from people thinking the whole of Brisbane was under water thanks to the blanket media coverage, happy to inform people almost all (98%+) of property was just fine!