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As the flood water dropped my dad, mum & I waded across flooded paddocks to get to our place before the looters did. They weren't far behind and pretended to offer help and then tried to take stuff when we declined their help - it got ugly. After we got them to leave some decent folk turned up with hot soup and tea for us as we cleaned out the place. The water was well over the powerlines for 5 days at our place.

My father in law was a bus driver at the time, told us about driving through the inner city, water washing into the bus floor and wetting his feet as he drove.

needs to be remembered as this will happen again , and next time it may be bigger if you look at the history of floods hear

Take me back to 1974

We got stuck in Brisbane, trying to go north in the caravan… Scary stuff as a kid !

But I thought it was all to do with global warming??? And this was way before global warming…. Who knew?

There was also another flooding event, although somewhat smaller, later in April that year.

Interesting this hasn't received any comments, it has some content I've not seen previous

I was at indoopilly at boarding school old nudgee college at it was a island Brisbane river flooded in big time chopper in supplies

The older fellow in the white shirt getting into the helicopter is the State Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Looking at the history of all the State & Territory Capitals, only Brisbane City Centre has ever been flooded.

My mum was born in 1974, she’s 50 now lol

That brings back some memories.....Mum and dad had not long bought a block of land at Albany Creek and dad built the house. I remember people were saying 'why do you live way out there'..........Brisbane and surrounds had really taken a beating. I was 13. I remember we joined the 'mud army' and sweeping mud out of houses out at New Farm. The oil tanker Robert Miller broke it's moorings and was saved by two tugs else it would have dammed the Brisbane River. Thanks for sharing this video..

Lived at Bulimba but we were on a hill, water everywhere. We thought it was fun, but not for most.

I clearly remember the Bellevue Hotel. It was so grand and so beautiful. Contracting the Dean Brothers to demolish the building in the middle of the night was the greatest form of deceit the QLD government ever pushed on Brisbane's people. I remember the outrage and the news reports of what had happened. Sadly the same fate was met at Cloudland Ballroom. I will never forget dancing on that floor. It was sprung so it was like dancing on a cloud, literally. The entire floor flexed so perfectly that ballroom dancing was an absolute delight. At night from my parents front door you could see it lit up. Brisbane and it's management has ruined so much of it's unique historical buildings because of ignorance in thinking that it didn't matter and they wanted it to be an international city. I'm still happy that I moved away from the town where all my memories had been wiped away by cruel and ignorant men. Cheers

Memories of the Ekka. I remember those strawberry ice creams. There was very little ice cream and a lot of fresh strawberries and they were one of the most popular things to eat at the Ekka. The last time I attended was many many years ago and the strawberry ice cream no longer had strawberries in it. It was just a not very good strawberry ice cream with a little cream on top. Very disappointing. The show bags used to be so big and so full. I could stuff myself all day on the goodies in my 3 showbags and when I got home sick from eating all that sugar all day I still had enormous amounts of sweets left unopened. Back then manufacturers were still getting the country back on its feet after WWII. Showbags were then called Sample bags as they were filled with small samples of everything was made in Queensland. Mum always made us get the peanut paste (not butter then) and Vegemite sample bags as these were filled with canned and bottled foods from the manufacturers. Everything you can imagine was in those sample bags and there were so many to choose from you could spend hours in the pavilion just trying to make up your mind which ones you were going to buy. Back then, prior to decimalisation, those sample bags would only cost a couple of pennies. Each bag was at least 33cm across from all the goods inside. Buses home would be filled with sample bags and you could sometimes see a face amongst them. The rides were simple but oh so scary and thrilling and of course how could anyone go to the Ekka and not go on the Giant Wheel. So many young men would slip the operator a couple of quid to stop the wheel when they were at the top, timed for the fireworks when the young man would propose to his sweetheart. Your video's bring back the most wonderful memories of my childhood that I will not forget till my death. Thank you so much for letting me remember so many wonderful things this world used to enjoy. Much love to you for your kindness in making this possible. Cheers

I was 14 years old at the time of the 1974 floods. We lived in Stafford near the border of Stafford Heights. We were on raised ground so we were fortunate not to be directly affected by it. But we watched the 6 o'clock news every night and read the newspaper each day to stay up to date with what was happening. None of us could believe what we were seeing with our own eyes. Dad couldn't get to work in Fortitude Valley cause there were no roads leading into it that weren't under water. I have never forgotten going into the city with my mum when the flood waters went down. The city stuck to high heaven. Everywhere was thick caked on mud. Basements of department stores were destroyed along with all their stock. There were sales to try to help businesses recover with what they had left. I was so proud to be Australian as everyone came from far and wide to help others they'd never met. I moved to Toowoomba 25 years ago. I experienced the 2011 floods of 3/4 of all QLD again. Standing in my kitchen looking at the large glass sliding doors covered in water as if my house was underwater was a scary situation to be in alone. I will never forget these floods as I will always remember the 1974 floods and the years it took for Brisbane to get back on its feet. Thank you so much for this video. I hope no one ever forgets how much so many suffered and how many came to help. Cheers

I think you may have gotten the wrong arcade for the 1947 murder. That arcade was around the corner on Albert Street

Lived with parents at Yeronga, experienced the tornado that went through Brisbane and our suburb the November before the floods. We lived in a big solid old Qlder, we heard other people's rooves and timber hitting out roof, our mango tree was hitting the ground swishing from side to side. Flats around the corner lost their entire top story, houses demolished, all the iron from rooves from around the suburb was stacked along the Yeronga state school fence as if it had been deliberately placed there. The local picture theatre was distroyed, lost it's roof. FLOODS: Then came the floods a couple of months later. Down the end of our road was Fairfield, the flood waters came up to where the road travelled under the railway line. Still remember people and their boats, going out to rescue people, their pets and what they could save of their belongings. I worked in Eagle St, our building was flooded up to the 3rd level. Had to stay home for a week or more. River at Goodna and surrounds was 30 - 40m over the highway. Definitely a once in a lifetime event, will never forget it. To have your mind blown, just go and see the marker at Dutton Park, opposite the cemetery, just as you start to go down the hill there is a little drive in carpark on the left. If you look at the marker there and imagine the water at that same line/height right across the river to the otherside, unbelievable! Thanks for posting, very interesting footage.

At 3.29 is the corner of Butterfield Street and Bowen Bridge road Herston showing the Bank on the corner and the row of shops just up from it. I think the shop the lady was standing out front was Perrot's the florists. I was growing up in Butterfield Street during the floods and we lost everything. Thanks for the sharing it brought back memories.

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