Australia,+Brisbane

Brisbane Australia
Hi my name is Henry and I live in Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane is the capitol of the state of Queensland. I live in the suburb called Kenmore.

Brisbane is a beautiful city and is very green because it is hot and rains a lot in summer. There is a big twisty river through the city. My favorite place to go is South Bank; there is a museum, an art gallery, and gardens with swimming pools and fountains.

I go to the Brisbane Montessori School in Fig Tree Pocket. I'm in cycle 2 and my classroom is called Wondai. You can see the Brisbane River from my school.

Since Christmas it has rained a lot! It has rained so much the Brisbane River is flooding lots of houses. My place is fine because we live on a hill. But some of my school friends houses have been flooded. I am on summer holidays and not going to school. I went with my Mum, Dad, and brother Tom to look at my school yesterday and it is okay too.


 * Date || Min Temp || Max Temp || Rain || Description ||
 * 12th January || 22 || 30 || Rain in early morning || Sunny with lots of clouds ||
 * 13th January || 22 || 29 || None || Sunny with lots of clouds ||
 * 14th January || 19 || 29 || Few very light showers || Sunny with lots of clouds ||
 * 15th January || 20 || 29 || Few very light showers || Sunny with lots of clouds ||
 * 16th January || 19 || 30 || None || Sunny and warm! ||
 * 17th January ||  ||   || None || Sunny ||
 * 18th January ||  ||   ||   || Sunny ||

Bureau of Meteorology page for Queensland Local news paper The Courier Mail

Wednesday 12th January 2011
It stopped raining. Today it is sunny and warm which is good.

media type="custom" key="8034016" Museum, Art Gallery and State Library at South Bank. The flooded river is much higher than normal.

media type="custom" key="8034030" Me with my brother and Mum just below my school. Normally the river is a long way away.

[|More photos of the Brisbane flood.]

**Thursday 13th January 2011**
The news said the river got to the highest it will get early this morning. We can't go many places because the roads have water over them and all the shops are closed. We live very close to a small mountain called Mount Coot-tha and we went for drive up it to see what the city looks like.

media type="custom" key="8057436" Brisbane CBD. You can't see the river but it goes right around the city.

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**Friday 14th January 2011**
The water in the river is going down. Where the water was is very muddy and smells. Lots of people's houses are ruined.

media type="custom" key="8057422" The river going down near my school.

**Saturday 15th January 2011**
We went for ride to have a look around. We couldn't go far because the bike path was closed in both directions not far from our house. We went to a park instead. I went shopping with Dad and we found a store with milk and eggs.

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**Sunday 16th January 2011**
It was a nice day again. We stayed at home. Dad visited my Great Grandfather, Grandpa Percy, who lives in Ipswich, which was flooded a lot too, to make sure he was okay. Dad said he saw lots of flooded houses and that the main train line between Ipswich and Brisbane was damaged. He said there was lots of trucks on the road removing flood damaged stuff from people's houses.

**Monday 17th January 2011**
Dad had to go to work today. He said lots of roads were damaged and the traffic was really bad. I went shopping with Mum and the shops a are still short on some food. My school is helping by being a community help center. But now school won't start next Monday but after [|Australia Day] instead.