A look at the colossal damage of the Queensland floods

1. Queensland Floods 2011 Queensland Emblems

2. Life is cruel Floods in Dalby. Photo: reader Ben Sue-Fong

3. A precious jewel To be discovered Myall Creek was still 1.8 metres high yesterday after peaking at more than 6 metres. Photo: Courtney Trenwith

4. Life is unkind The Warrego Highway between Dalby and Oakey. Photo: Courtney Trenwith

5. A state of mind To be smothered

6. Life is tough Homes under water in Emerald. Photo: Media Pool

7. When the going's rough And you’re shattered Theodore, in Central Queensland, has been flooded. Photo: David Kapernick

8. Life is constant change Jan 2nd Photo: George Roberts ABC News

9. As you rearrange And feel battered Dec 29th Dalby Condamine Road Photo : Luke Skerman

10. Life is a feeling you squeeze From inside New England Highway was washed away in parts. Photo: Courtney Trenwith

11. It’s holding hands and feeling warm It’s lonely till you see the dawn Floods in Chinchilla, QLD. A natural disaster has been declared in Kyogle Shire, on the far north Queensland coast. Photo: Brisbane Times

12. It’s the sunshine and the light From a kindly face on a thought filled night Floods in Dalby. Photo: reader Ben Sue-Fong

13. It's a feeling that won’t let you be It’s listening to the voice inside Floodwaters seen from a plane coming in to land at the airport in Rockhampton. Photo: Janie Barrett

14. It’s knowing you won’t slip and slide When you walk and you talk Recovery Partners

15. With your country by your side https://www.smartservice.qld.gov.au/services/donations/campaigns/appeal10

16. Rockhampton is currently under water and cut off

17. They are going to have to ride it out...but we are thinking of them. A12 no. 11 locomotive built by Baldwin (USA) for the Central Railway, Rockhampton, in 1878

18. The floods cover an area bigger than New South Wales (France and Germany together. It is affecting our people, our livestock, our farms, wine industry, mines, commerce, They are still recovering from last year's floods. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=48319&src=nhrss