As raging floodwaters inundated North Bundaberg the residents of one street managed to stay high and dry Welcome to Gavin St ... one street that didn't flood in North Bundaberg. PIC: Paul Beutel Source: The Courier-Mail North Bundaberg's Maria Jeansson is lucky her home escaped flooding. It was one of only five or six houses to be left high and dry. WELCOME to "Lucky Street" - a clutch of homes in North Bundaberg that somehow escaped the wall of floodwaters that swept through the suburb last week. A slight rise and a foundry across the road protected the eight or so homes on a Gavin St block, normally just 300m from the Burnett River. Maria Jeansson's home was one that came within centimetres of being inundated. In the end, the only harm to the artist's low-set house was some damage done to its stumps. Ms Jeansson yesterday described how she sat on the other - dry - side of the raging Burnett River every day last week as the waters surged through her suburb, keeping a helpless watch through a pair of binoculars. She was relieved when her home, and the year's worth of artwork in it, survived the deluge. "I'm really, really, lucky," the single mother, 41, said yesterday. People have lost everything. I'm really fortunate. When we bought this place, we went and got all the old flood maps from the council and looked at them all. The lady next door has lived here for 50 years and we spoke to her and asked where the water comes up to. Ms Jeansson said she had not allowed her 11-year-old son back into the area after the flooding because she was unsure how he would be affected by the changes. The council yesterday allowed North Bundaberg residents - many still without water, sewerage and electricity - to go back into their homes permanently if it was their wish. Authorities have also lifted restrictions on volunteers entering flood-hit areas to assist with the clean-up. The Tallon Bridge will reopen to one lane of traffic by Friday after a temporary girder bridge is launched tomorrow. It will be fully reopened next week. About 3500 tonnes of rubbish was trucked out of the area on Monday night. About 200 people still remained in the flood evacuation centres and will be moving into temporary accommodation tomorrow.