Bribie Island officially reconnected as workers close breakthrough
A breakthrough at Bribie Island that caused damage to parts of the Sunshine Coast shoreline has officially closed…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/246980/
We're about to set off for another #EmergencyCommsExercise at #SouthbrookQld for the #Toowoomba Endurance Horse Riders' Association Hip Pocket Challenge.
This _was_ to take place in March, however #CycloneAlfred was the final word on that… so it got postponed until now. Southbrook is a little south-west of Toowoomba on the high plains… very open to the wind and quite high in altitude. Consequently, I'm grabbing all the warm gear I can lay my hands on. This morning Toowomba region had a overnight minimum of -0.1°C. Sunday is predicted to get down to 5°C (a little warmer).
It'll also be the first event I try out the checkpoint reporter program I released a couple of weeks ago. I've of course packed clipboards and paper forms, so if things go pear shaped with the computing, we have the paperwork to back it up.
There are four rides taking place. Tomorrow afternoon there's a 20km introductory ride: I understand WICEN's not involved in that one officially, but we'll probably use it as a trial run of the software.
Sunday morning we have an 80km, 40km and 20km ride to support.
I've been busy the last couple of weekends busily coding up a program to assist me on checkpoints at future #EmergencyCommsExercise events.
We have an existing application, written in VisualBASIC 6… which works well, but I worry about future maintainability given its dependence on legacy proprietary development environments.
Therefore I made the decision to write my own: https://checkpointreporter.vk4msl.com/
It uses #Java so it's cross-platform, with fairly simple deployment steps (assuming JREv8+ is there already, just download the .jar and run it). We've got an event at #Southbrook which was moved after #CycloneAlfred wiped things out last time. We'll see how it goes on its inaugural run.
It is windy and rainy outside, so now they are expecting to go into the laundry, just like they did for #CycloneAlfred
We're off again for this year's first #EmergencyCommsExercise. This event is another #HorseEnduranceRide taking place at #KilkivanQld.
First for the year because #CycloneAlfred saw the cancellation of the event at #SouthbrookQld.
I hear we're using 2m FM simplex for this one. Cross-band operation here we come.
During Cyclone Alfred, a local quarry dam in Mount Gravatt burst open, sending debris downstream
https://mountgravattnews.com.au/bmi-group-denies-contamination-claims-after-mt-gravatt-quarry-incident/ 'The company denies any contamination occurred, asserting that all water released from the site met safety standards... Residents in the area have expressed concerns about the long-term environmental impact of the incident, particularly on the local ecosystem. Some have questioned whether BMI Group had sufficient safeguards in place to prevent such an event.'
I see the insects of The Gap decided to put the ANT into ANTenna… talk about upping the ante… time for some AM I guess… ant modulation.
Four major floods in 50 years is an interesting framing: it was one flood 50 years ago, 35 years passed, and then there's been three just in the last 15 years.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/15/brisbane-flood-proof-housing-developments
Cyclone Alfred (2025) Erosion
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-15/drone-maps-reveal-scale-of-sand-swallowed-in-cyclone/105053372
Bribie Island (2025) “new passage”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-14/call-for-action-on-bribie-island-erosion-after-cyclone-alfred/105045738
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