When Priscilla Uhr started having contractions on Friday at her home near Agnes Water, she did not realise exactly where the day would take her.
She had planned to travel to Bundaberg with her partner for the birth of her second daughter, but the town had been completely cut off from the outside world due to rising floodwaters flowing over the roads leading into town.
"The roads were all closed so we drove to the ambulance station just to see if there was an ambulance there," Ms Uhr said.
"We got there and the [paramedics] suggested we just stay at the station and birth there.
"But we weren't too comfortable with that, so we were thinking we'd head back home, but the roads were blocked."
Instead, the couple, along with paramedics, ended up at Ms Uhr's surf instructor's home.
"I birthed at her home, in her bedroom," she said.
"The ambulance service helped.
"I was lucky, it was a nice, quick birth.
"I couldn't have planned a better home birth if I wanted to."
While Ms Uhr's young daughter, who is yet to be named, entered the world, paramedics had called the Capricorn Rescue helicopter service for backup.
"At the time when it first started, it was too windy and rainy, [and paramedics] didn't think they would get in," she said.
"But then it cleared up and the helicopter came from Rockhampton and landed at the recreational centre."
The helicopter landed on the sports oval at the centre, where the crew retrieved Ms Uhr and the newborn baby and took them to Gladstone Hospital.
"The sunset was incredible, and it was a really beautiful experience to end everything with."
She said both her and the baby were doing well, albeit a little tired.
"I kind of lean a bit to the auspicious side of things, so I embraced [everything]," she said.
Ms Uhr said her young daughter would now always have an incredible birth story to tell.
"It was an adventure to say the least," she said.
"Everyone was really helpful, the whole community was incredible, the [emergency] services were really helpful."
Both Tableland Road and Fingerboard Road, the two roads that connect Agnes Water to Bundaberg and the Bruce Highway, remain closed.
Baby's delivery was a team effort
Matthew Lynch, the acting officer in charge of the Agnes Water Ambulance Station, said delivering Ms Uhr's baby was a big team effort.
"We were able to get in touch with a community nurse who was able to come out and help us with the delivery as well," he said.
A midwife based in Brisbane was also video-called to help with the delivery.
"That technology definitely assisted," Mr Lynch said.
"Just being able to talk to a fully qualified midwife, she was fantastic reminding us of the finer details of delivery."
He said this was the first time he had to deliver a baby while the community he was in was cut off from the outside world.
"We were pretty tired at the end of the day.
"From start to finish the event took nearly eight hours … and in that time [my colleague] also responded to two or three other calls in the community. He was busy."
He said local police also played a part in helping establish a landing zone for the Capricorn Rescue helicopter.
