View from 'turtle bridge': Brisbane's Breakfast Creek is shrinking by the day in big dry

Locals are concerned about the sprawl of the dry creek bed and say the area desperately needs some heavy rain

The locals call this spot the "turtle bridge", and most stop for a few moments to watch the turtles and the families of ducks. Lately they've been muttering about the sprawl of the dry creek bed, which has turned the section of Brisbane's Breakfast Creek into a shallow stagnant pond, shrinking by the day.

"It's drier than I can remember," one long-term Kelvin Grove resident says, before walking on.