Gold Coast residents are flocking to sandbagging stations ahead of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, causing massive wait times.
The Category Two system is forecast to hit on Thursday night or Friday morning, bringing intense rainfall and destructive winds.
We could see up to 800 millimetres of rain on the Gold Coast alone.
Wait times of around two hours were reported at the city’s three sandbag stations yesterday as locals flocked to stock up ahead of Alfred’s arrival.
It’s prompted council to open two DIY sandbag stations at:
- Carrara Sports Precinct Parking (access via Alabaster Drive Carrara)
- 414 Coolangatta Road, Tugun (at the Tugun Village Community Centre)
DIY means you will need to take your own shovel to fill sandbags, with a limit of 10 sandbags per customer.
The following sandbag stations will also remain open from 8am to 5pm:
- 2-44 Boyd Street, Bilinga (next to the City of Gold Coast Tugun Depot)
- 61 Hutchinson Street, Burleigh Heads (at the Reedy Creek Waste and Recycling Centre
- 196 Old Pacific Highway, Pimpama (next to the City of Gold Coast Coomera Depot)
Council says sandbags can also be purchased at major hardware stores, landscape suppliers and other retailers.
You can make your own sandbags from garbage bags filled with soil.
