South-East Queensland cleans up following major rain and flash-flooding amid high tides

South-east Queenslanders are cleaning up after heavy rainfall, damaging winds and high tides hit the region this week, with some areas on the Gold Coast hinterland receiving nearly a metre of rain. Key points: The low-pressure system has now eased, with the highest tide recorded on the Gold Coast A Brisbane woman is today cleaning up after a 30-metre tree fell on her home On Bribie Island, a family spent the morning saving hundreds of turtle eggs from being washed away The low-pressure system has now eased, with the highest tide recorded on the Gold Coast at 2.12 metres at 7:30am yesterday morning, despite the Bureau of Meteorology issuing a severe weather warning for abnormally high tides down the coast this morning. Ms McGuire said she heard a "considerable noise" around 10:30am, before seeing the 70-year-old tree sprawled across three properties, including hers. "On the coastline there's been significant damage but most of our SES tasks have been in Ipswich city, in Brisbane, Logan and also the Gold Coast," he said. Turtle eggs wash away on Bribie Island On Bribie Island's Woorim Beach, the Bowater family spent the morning saving hundreds of green turtle eggs that were washed away after major swells eroded the sand dunes.