Damaged fences flood's 'worst part'

BEEF producers Phil and Shirley Ballin, Camden, Nanango, rate the 2013 floods similar to those experienced in 1984 and 2011.

The Ballins trade in beef cattle and grow Lucerne on their property, which is at the junction of Barkers Creek and Meandu Creek.

Mr Ballin said significant rain upstream in the Bunya Mountains had contributed to the flooding.

"Here at home we've had 255mm - we recorded 190mm in just one night, and we'd had 45mm prior to that," Mr Ballin said.

"The creeks have come down, but they're still flowing across the flats.

"The D'Aguilar Highway heading into Kingaroy has been washed out, but there are people repairing it now," Mr Ballin said.

"The worst part for us is the debris and the fencing, because the posts and wires all come out together. We put up brand new fences two years ago after the last floods, and now it is all gone.

"We lost a couple of irrigation motors as well, because we just couldn't get to them."

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Damaged fences flood's 'worst part'