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Premium Content Subscriber only IT WAS the biggest flood the people of Ipswich had seen since 1974, and for some, memories were hazy at best by the time 2011 came around. When the floods hit full steam across Ipswich on the morning of Wednesday January 12, people were already prepared for the worst, but they were still in for a shock. In the few days leading up to the peak, we had already witnessed tragedy in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, and with water also being released from a rapidly filling Wivenhoe Dam, it was pretty clear something awful was headed our way.

Premium Content Subscriber only THE sight of Suncorp Stadium under deluge is one forever etched in the mind of former Ipswich firefighter Brad Moore. While amazed at the surreal scene, it is that very moment which he said further highlighted the severity of Queensland's devastating 2010-11 floods. Now, one decade on and 25 years into his career, the QFES Acting Superintendent reflected on the event which forever changed the Sunshine State - and tragically claimed 33 lives. Mr Moore had only recently taken up rank as station officer at Brisbane's Roma Street prior to the floods. His home,...