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Flood and recovery scenes at UQ

14 January 2011
The latest photograph of the UQ athletics track (taken January 18)
The latest photograph of the UQ athletics track (taken January 18)

Recovery at The University of Queensland is moving ahead quickly with an army of staff, student and community volunteers and contractors rapidly signing off the high priority tasks.

Summer classes will resume at UQ on Thursday, January 20 with the majority of teaching facilities not affected at any campus.

At the UQ Gatton campus, owners have been reclaiming animals from the School of Veterinary Science, which was turned into a temporary Noah's Ark last week to house animals from the Lockyer Valley.

Images from the cleanup activities and veterinary hospital can be viewed in the slideshows below.

To view all images from the UQ campuses during the past week, go to the website http://www.flickr.com/photos/uqnews/sets/.

Sunshine at St Lucia - Tuesday, January 18

Noah's Ark at UQ Gatton

UQ staff cleaning up the flood affected grounds at the St Lucia campus.

Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott toured UQ's St Lucia campus after the flood receded.

The flood peak at UQ St Lucia

UQ Gatton campus during the recent floods. The paddocks at the campus were inundated, but the main buildings remained high and dry.

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