Australian floods impact rowing clubs

Severe flooding in Queensland, Australia has left rowing boathouses submerged in Brisbane, Bundaberg and Rockhampton.

“The whole of Brisbane city has been shut down,” says Rowing Australia’s Team Manager Ray Ebert who works in the city. “Every boatshed in Brisbane, Bundaberg and Rockhampton was affected by the floods.”

Ebert says that most boat clubs had enough warning and were able to get boats to higher ground with some having to move their boats twice. “Every club had to be completely evacuated,” says Ebert. “They will probably be able to start coming back this weekend.”

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