Rainfall records have been broken, rivers are swollen, and water tanks are overflowing - with at least one grazier labelling it the best Christmas present ever. As the big wet continues across the state some parts of south-east Queensland could get up to 100 millimetres in the next 24 hours.
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00:00The flooded Buller River in far western Queensland.
00:06It's absolutely the life giver.
00:10It's a bit of a social hub when it runs like this, you'll see a lot of people come down
00:14and just hang here.
00:16Some areas around Quilpie have had more than 130 millimetres of rain, even more further
00:22south.
00:23The highest rainfall was at Fenton with 230 millimetres, just near the NSW border there.
00:28The NSW Kunnamulla had 105 millimetres and that was a November record for daily rainfall,
00:33heaviest since about 1995 there.
00:36Farmers are rejoicing.
00:37We've had 70 mil just over the last two days, such a welcome relief.
00:38Extremely, extremely dry and starting to get very worried.
00:48In Cairns some roads went under and it was a dog's breakfast at the markets with shoppers
00:54forced to wade through flood water.
00:56Many locations around Townsville and Prosperpine saw the heaviest daily rainfall in November
01:00in about 20 years.
01:02It also rained on the Gold Coast, not much of a day at the beach.
01:06The Weather Bureau says the big wet isn't over just yet.
01:10Heavy rainfall of between 50 and 100 millimetres is expected in the next 24 hours, mostly over
01:18inland parts, but some will fall here in Brisbane and on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
01:24That means minor to moderate flooding of some creeks and rivers in the next few days,
01:29while in the longer term the Bureau says a cyclone could form over the tropics in mid
01:35to late December.