Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 2

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
23 March 1976
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
Cameron, McNamara and Partners

Queensland State Archives

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Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 2. This surge and flood level map was completed in March 1976 by engineers Cameron, McNamara & Partners so that design levels for storm tides could be considered by developers. Interestingly, the elongated contours on this map, which is further south down the beach, look vastly different showing the influence of wind in shaping the landscape as opposed to water further north. In the south the road way leads to Farnborough School only 600 m west, which connects to Hine Avenue leading to small dwellings positioned close to the coast. In the centre, the 5.7 m flood level from January 1974 is marked where ‘water remained for 2-3 months’. In the far north of the map, the 4.67 m limit of the wave caused by tropical cyclone David is marked. David crossed the Queensland coast just north of St Lawrence (south of Mackay) in early January 1976 and was intensifying as it hit the coast. In nearby Yeppoon, 30 buildings were unroofed and large seas and high tides caused major damage – the breakwater at Rosslyn Bay Harbour was destroyed along with marine craft. Recording the extent of the cyclone was important for designing plans at Farnborough resort. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 1

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
23 March 1976
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
Cameron, McNamara and Partners

Queensland State Archives

1:5000

Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 1. This surge and flood level map was completed in March 1976 by engineers Cameron, McNamara & Partners for the design and development of the Iwasaki resort. The map marks the significant places that were already at Farnborough: the ‘hut’ in the southeast corner, the ‘Boys Plains’ and the levee. Abutting the Coral Sea, the map marks the significant water data that were needed for positioning the resort, from south to north: freshwater flood level that reached 2.68 m in 1956, storm tide that hit over two metres in two locations in January 1976, the flood that reached 3.6 m in January 1974, and the sites further north that were affected by the 1976 storm tide. The 1976 water-activity was caused by ‘Cyclone David’ which crossed the Queensland coast south of Mackay in early January 1976 and caused damage to many houses in Yeppoon. As can be seen, in some of the blank spaces of this map contours were not possible to record because the ‘dense vegetation’ was impenetrable for the engineers. Collection of the Queensland State Archives 

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