Hi All, 
I see there were a couple of threads put up by Ron and Warren; many thanks for your concerns and to those that posted on those threads. 
We are currently borrowing power from next door who were lucky enough to get their power on last night- up until then, our cousin dropped us a generator, which we have been using at limited times as it is so noisy. On Tuesday, I had to leave in a hurry as the water was getting too close, the roads were getting closed off and then the final straw was when the power went out. Tuesday night up until Friday night saw me staying at two different places with my daughter and two cats. We are in a flood prone area which got hit in '74. It has been a horribly stressful time, with very little sleep. We completely took apart our house downstairs and took as much as we could up to the third level, with many sacrificial items left (incl. my beloved large fish tank which I did not stop worrying over my fish) 
for lack of room on the third level, as we may have needed to empty second level into it too. Russ stayed back (he has a boat) along with our next door neighbour who has a boat too. He waited to see if we needed to dismantle second level as well (to third level -we have split level home).
Upon the second peak, saw the flood waters travel to the bottom of our street, to the left of us (one street away) and in front of us. The one to the left was even more of a worry as that was coming through faster. If it had kept raining the day of the last peak (Thurs), my house would have gone under – one more metre of water is all that it was going to take to flood my house. The houses three streets away from me got flooded to their roofs. The traffic light about 200 metres away flooded up to the black section where lights are- (seriously deep! Piccy of it in attached link). Russ sent me a photo of that scene on my phone and I naturally freaked out! We were very blessed, I prayed some mighty prayers for Russ’s safety and our house- the flood stopped 8 houses short! Turns out that we were one of the worst places hit.
Making the trek over from the Southside to the Northside (Wed- before the big peak) the night when I had to leave was strange! Passing through the heart of the city, it was weird to see the city being flooded! Lots of people carrying luggage, obviously fleeing to safer ground. And then, you see people casually drinking coffee in the restaurants that line the street as if nothing was going on (but I'm sure they held concerns), was just weird seeing the different scenarios.
I Didn't come back home till very late friday night from the northside of Brisbane (tired from lack of sleep and stress), once a road was open and the water receded. I spent Saturday making sense of the mess in my house - it looked like we'd just moved in. It was hard being so far away from home, with Russ left behind, and the constant worry of how he and everything is. He is classic caveman and very resourceful, but still some worry there never the less. But we are the fortunate ones. We only have the inconvenience of a mess, not a flooded, muddied house. And even worse, those poor families that lost loved ones - (24 killed so far). Around here, It smells, the air is filled with irritating dust (I’ve had a sore irritated throat for days), debris like you wouldn't believe, people working hard at cleaning up, police everywhere, and the choppers constantly going over all day/night (not so much night any more). A lot of acivity, kind of feels like a war zone. I felt deep sadness when I took a look around my neighbourhood and with a heavy heart, I thanked God that our small area was spared.
It has been eight days now and we still have no power! 
Apparently the power station in our area is currently being moved elsewhere as it was so badly damanged. The house is still in turmoil as we decided to renovate downstairs whilst it was all empty, adding to that no power still, has left me in what seems a permanent mad mood. 
I’d also just like to add, the fantastic service that Centrelink is providing for flood victims (for people that have lost power for over 48hrs). Our generator blew up and we had to pay $1000 to buy another one, so we hoped Centrelink would cover this with their flood relief payments. When I rang (I expected a lengthy wait) I was surprised to have only been on hold for a few minutes. I lodged a claim and within two hours, someone rang me and told me we were approved and the money would be in our account overnight. What surprised me is that I’m not registered for Centrelink benefits, only in the past when my daughter was under 16.
This is a pic about 200m from my house.
This is a pic from the bottom of my street (my house is a lucky 8 houses away from the flood).
Kind regards,
Suzy.