Those areas have been lucky the last couple of storms, but I think it's just that: luck. (With respect to storms; floods obviously more predictable.)The 15 years I lived in Brisbane, basically most of my time was spent in the south east - Mt Gravatt, MacGregor, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Runcorn, Eight Mile Plains, Calamvale, parts of Logan. Along Mains Rd and Kessels Rd etc. That 15-20k pocket I suppose from Mt Gravatt down to the north part of Logan. Most of my friends and family and all our investments are within this pocket. I guess this is the area I'm saying never seems to be affected.
Here's Bulimba Creek at Eight Mile Plains earlier this afternoon: