Brisbane is nestled on the southeast corner of Queensland (on Australia's east coast), about 571 miles northeast of Sydney. Brisbane is the third-largest city in Australia, and as such its ...

The worst of the wet weather has passed for the Gold Coast and Brisbane, but the region's rivers are expected to continue to run high after hefty totals swelled catchments, according to authorities.

According to Brisbane Times, the track map released by the Bureau of Meteorology ... including one measuring a record 12.3 meters on the Gold Coast, a popular tourist strip south of Brisbane.