Brisbane; beautiful one day.... biblically flooding the next!

We've had record rainfall here in Brisbane the past few days.  Living at the bottom of a long and slowly descending street has its dowfalls (pun kinda intended).

Our backyard (you'll notice the newly dug trench which has drained most of the water this morning).

Wet and ruined carpet...

...from my housemate's room (in the garage).

Where's the water coming from?  The entire suburb it seems, draining from other yards into ours.

And pooling - though the trench is making a difference.

Some is also running down the driveway to the road (meaning you park then find yourself in ankle deep water).