Thanks for thinking of me with the floods!
I've been in Townsville for a family Christmas. One sister who lives on the Tablelands got stuck on the highway for 9 hours and eventually was allowed through south of Ingham. Mum and Dad had been with me in Malanda and we were in Townsville before any of the rain started.
Christmas morning saw us in my sisters house/island surrounded by water. This had all dropped away to puddles by the end of the day. Luckily her house is stumped 4 steps up, so there was water under the house, but not in the house.
Tablelands sister was delayed returning by one day and managed to get home on Tuesday. I hadn't planned on leaving until Thursday, so all was ok.
Anyway, after a lovely Christmas (although very noisy and busy with 6 cousins all together - 2x6yo, 2x5yo and 2x3yo) it's time to get back to work!