Floodwaters receding in central Qld

AFTER peaking on Thursday morning, floodwaters at Maryborough in southern Queensland will start to drop overnight.

Water flowed through about 20 homes and businesses in the city after the Mary River broke its banks.

"It reached its highest level about 11am (AEST) at about 8.1 metres and will remain around that level for the rest of the day," said Bureau of Meteorology hydrologist Ian Rocca.

"It will start falling later this evening and overnight."

A trough over the state's southwest is forecast to move across the Darling Downs on Friday, bringing moderate to heavy falls with more rain likely in Brisbane on Saturday.

Mr Rocca said any heavy downpours could trigger local flash flooding.

"Everything's so wet at the moment in central and southeast Queensland and the Wide Bay, any rain will be runoff into the rivers now."

Despite the conditions people are still ignoring warning signs and trying to drive through floodwaters.

A 23-year-old Maryborough man was stuck for four hours on the roof of his car after ignoring road closed signs in the early hours of Thursday.

After allegedly returning an alcohol reading of 0.128 police charged him with a number of offences.

Upstream, supplies are again getting into Gympie, which was hit with a flood peak of 18.4m on Tuesday night.

The main street has been cleaned up and mayor Ron Dyne told AAP the fact that the sun came out on Thursday was a bonus.

"It may only be for a short time but it gives people confidence," he said.

Swollen rivers in the North Burnett haven't affected any homes or properties but some bridges have been damaged.

Mayor Don Waugh is in a better mood with floodwaters beginning to drop.

"The sky's blue, the sun's shining, the grass is green, you should come up and have a look at it," he joked.

In the Banana Shire, Mayor Ron Carrige says a lot of farmers getting over the January floods have been hurled back to square one.

"It's pretty disheartening."

And that's not the end of the problems around Biloela and other towns where venomous snakes have moved closer to towns due the floodwaters.

"It's very real," he said.

"Just in the town areas there are brown snakes. They are apparently pretty big ones too.

"People need to stay away from debris and long grass."

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