Queensland Flood Assist Archives

A member of the public from Halifax, QLD unloads critical supplies from a CH-47F Chinook helicopter from 5th Aviation Regiment during their assistance to North Queensland floods in February 2025. Story by Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photo by Captain Chloe Elmwood.

Aviation assets support Ingham community

11/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 867 Views 0 Comments 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA, No. 27 Squadron, Queensland Flood Assist

Choppers have taken to the skies in North Queensland to provide vital aircraft support to the state-government led response to

Soldiers from 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment assemble a medium girder bridge at Ollera Creek, Townsville, during Defence Assistance to the Civil Community following severe weather and flooding across the region. Story by Captain Brittany Evans. Photos by Corporal Riley Blennerhassett.

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Sappers provide support in Townsville

11/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1464 Views 0 Comments 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Medium Girder Bridge, Queensland Flood Assist, Sapper

The aftermath of more than 1400mm of rain has devastated communities of Far North Queensland, with part of the Ollera

Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Group 629.3 deliver supplies in Wujal Wujal, Queensland. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photos by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvihill.

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Diggers muck in to help community

17/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1106 Views 0 Comments Joint Task Group 629.3, Queensland Flood Assist

The rural towns of Ayton, Bloomfield and Wujal Wujal were among some of the hardest hit communities devastated by floodwaters

An Army landing craft mechanised Mk8 (LCM8) from 10th Force Support Battalion delivers plant equipment to the community of Ayton, Queensland as part of the ADF support to the region following the devastation of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Story by Captain Diana Jennings. Photo by Leading Seaman Jarrod Mulvhill

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ADF equipment aids flood recovery

16/01/202416/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1687 Views 0 Comments 10th Force Support Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment, CH-47F Chinook, Queensland Flood Assist

ADF personnel continue to assist regional communities across Queensland’s far north devastated by severe floods following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper in