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FOR Ipswich pharmacist Brian North, the floods of 2011 which went over the roof of his CBD business will forever be imprinted in his memory.
“I won’t ever forget that day,” he said.
Speaking 10 years on from the disaster, he is still operating the Ipswich Day and Night Chemist from the same building on Brisbane St. Piles of rubbish sit outside businesses in Brisbane St in the Ipswich CBD after the 2011 floods.
In the days leading up to January 11 a decade ago, he watched and waited as the capacity of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams rapidly rose.
IPSWICH residents are already stocking up on masks following news they are a mandatory part of the newly-imposed lockdowns across Ipswich and greater Brisbane. From 6pm Friday night, anyone leaving the house must wear a mask, as per Chief Health Officer orders. Disposable masks have sold out and are no longer available at Compounding Chemist Ipswich on Churchill St. A chemist spokeswoman told the
Queensland Times the masks had sold out prior to today but the shop still had reusable masks in stock They re not like the disposable ones that sell for $2 a mask. At the moment we only have the material masks and they re between $12 and $15, she said.