Nearmap aerial shot of the Expo 88 site and Brisbane City at the height of the Jan 2011 Brisbane Flood

Quite a lot of photo retrospectives on the January 2011 Brisbane flood are now on Facebook and other social media. And one of them had an image from the Nearmap - high resolution aerial images - site.

So I visited the site and found the data for 13 January 2011 (the peak of the flood) for the former Expo 88 site - which I have outlined in red. This more or less matches the size of South Bank Parklands today.

Here is the image, which shows considerable parts of South Bank Parklands - and South Brisbane under water - including South Bank's famous artificial sand beach, which is in the centre of the image.

It may take a while for the popular beach to be restored as the filters will no doubt be working overtime.

Click on image twice to enlarge.

Image courtesy of Nearmap