Please note, although your property may not have been directly affected by this flood event, the event has been included in your suburb listing because according to the Bureau of Meteorology river gauge data, a catchment near your suburb recorded a high mark. This event may have affected your suburb.

The recent heavy rain caused floods on low and excavated land and basement floors of buildings in several portions of the town. At about 12.30 pm the Bremer River had risen 20 feet at the Ipswich wharfs, and was still rising; the One-mile Creek bridge at Little Ipswich was submerged; the railway at Walloon flooded, and traffic suspended. The embankments upon the line, 4 miles from Gatton, were washed away. A man and a team of horses were drowned while trying to cross the creek at Helidon.