Floods destroy $1.5m Mitchelton football field in Brisbane, Queensland - video

'In one word, it's devastating,' says the Mitchelton Football Club technical director Joe Fenech, after heavy rain and flood waters washed away the club's equipment, and destroyed its $1.5m synthetic playing field. 'We spent all the budgeted money on equipment, footballs, poles, gear and kits - you name it. We stocked it really well in a [shipping] container, and that container just floated away under the bridge,' says Fenech. The season was supposed to start last weekend for the 102-year-old football club, but now Fenech predicts boots won't be back on the field for another five or six weeks? Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTubeBrisbane flood: residents assess damage to homes as clean-up efforts beginNSW and Qld floods live updates - latest eastern Australia flood news Continue reading...