News by Danielle OâNeal
Premium Content  Ten years have passed since merciless water rose through their Auchenflower home, but Kate Peters and Greg Woodbury will never forget the flood smell . Everything smelt, you never forget the flood smell, Ms Peters said. On January 11, 2011 Brisbane residents rushed to salvage their possessions and evacuate as the river burst its banks and water rushed into low-lying areas across the city. Vincent St was among the hardest hit streets and once flood waters receded returning families realised they had lost almost everything. The water came up chest height upstairs, so about 80-85 per cent of everything we owned went to the tip covered in mud, Ms Peters said.