I loaned my glider to a fellow club member who is taking it to a competition, we derigged it in the pouring rain on Saturday.
Falls of up to 160mm closed local roads and highways on Sunday, sparking landslides, power outages and forcing emergency services to issue numerous safety warnings.
As Emerald remained cut off in central Queensland, parts of the Gold and Sunshine coasts and Brisbane copped drenchings of their own.
In Brisbane, the weekend downpour brought recorded rainfall from December 1 to 115mm - only 18mm short of the monthly average of 133mm - six days into the month.
But it is in central Queensland where the big wet is having its biggest impact, closing roads, isolating towns, sparking evacuations, ruining crops and stranding long-haul truck drivers.
Roadtrains which have been taking refuge in Emerald could be stuck there for weeks as council engineers wait for the water to recede so they can inspect damage to roads and bridges.
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