QLD weather safety warnings fall on deaf ears as dozens enter floodwaters on Gold Coast

More examples of Queenslanders deliberately entering floodwaters have emerged despite authorities’ plea for people not to.

On the Gold Coast, a ute was nearly washed away while driving over water flowing across a road at Wongawallan on Monday, as seen in the video above.

A large number of people, mainly children, were seen swimming and body-boarding in fast-flowing water at a reserve in Upper Coomera.

A witness to the event on Monday took to Facebook to defend the actions of parents who…