DFC’s Queensland development projects located in and to the north of Brisbane emerged largely unscathed from the effects of Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March.

The tail end of the cyclone, which causes the most damaging conditions, was centred more on the Gold Coast and coastal towns below the border into northern New South Wales.

“The only project in Queensland to be significantly impacted by the cyclone was our Ferns on the Brook townhouse development at Nundah in Brisbane,” DFC State Manager – Queensland, Adam McVie reported.

“The site is located adjacent to Kedron Brook which flooded, and the water rose up to about a metre below the slab level at our properties.

“We hadn’t had a cyclone in Brisbane since 1974, but we designed the site at Ferns to cope with a once in a hundred-year storm event, so it was very satisfying to see it withstand the challenge posed by the rising flood waters.

“The combination of a deluge of rain, strong winds and the resultant flooding did, however, cause quite a bit of landscaping damage which we are now repairing, and we had a little storm water infiltrate the buildings from the gutters due to the sheer amount of rainfall which we’ve put in an insurance claim for. All in all, though, we were very relieved that the effects weren’t worse and there were no significant impacts across any of our other projects,” he added.