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1999 FLOOD Gympie residents near Kidd Bridge on the evening of Monday the 8, as the Mary River steadily rose, few realised what was about to happen over the next 24 hours. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1/101999 FLOOD Gympie residents near Kidd Bridge on the evening of Monday the 8, as the Mary River steadily rose, few realised what was about to happen over the next 24 hours. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD: The Mary Valley Heritage Railway's rail motor provided a vital link between Gympie and Monkland during the February flood, ferring workers back and forth across the high level Deep Creek rail bridge. Picture: Renee Albrecht
2/101999 FLOOD: The Mary Valley Heritage Railway's rail motor provided a vital link between Gympie and Monkland during the February flood, ferring workers back and forth across the high level Deep Creek rail bridge. Picture: Renee Albrecht
February 1999 Flood in Gympie. Picture: Renee Albrecht
3/10February 1999 Flood in Gympie. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD Albert Park always feels the river's wrath during times of flood, and is left with a covering of silt and debris. Picture: Renee Albrecht
4/101999 FLOOD Albert Park always feels the river's wrath during times of flood, and is left with a covering of silt and debris. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD The amenities block at One Mile was left covered and surrounded by hyacinth following the Fedruary flood. Picture: Renee Albrecht
5/101999 FLOOD The amenities block at One Mile was left covered and surrounded by hyacinth following the Fedruary flood. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD water laps the manual height reading gauge near Kidd bridge as the 1999 flood approaches it's peak of 21.95 early in the morning February 10th. Picture: Renee Albrecht
6/101999 FLOOD water laps the manual height reading gauge near Kidd bridge as the 1999 flood approaches it's peak of 21.95 early in the morning February 10th. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD Only the top floor in the Imperial Hotel remained clear of the flood water as dawn broke on the 10th of February 1999. Picture: Renee Albrecht
7/101999 FLOOD Only the top floor in the Imperial Hotel remained clear of the flood water as dawn broke on the 10th of February 1999. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD where to go, road direction signs and trees tangled together near Normandy Bridge overpass as the water receded on Thursday 11th of February. Picture: Renee Albrecht
8/101999 FLOOD where to go, road direction signs and trees tangled together near Normandy Bridge overpass as the water receded on Thursday 11th of February. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD KAndanga bowls club junior bowler Matthew Warne and the club's Australian representive Jenny Harragon stan in the middle of a huge hole in the Kandanga Club's green caused by the Fedruary flood, despite the set back , the small Mary Valley club played bowls the following week. Picture: Renee Albrecht
9/101999 FLOOD KAndanga bowls club junior bowler Matthew Warne and the club's Australian representive Jenny Harragon stan in the middle of a huge hole in the Kandanga Club's green caused by the Fedruary flood, despite the set back , the small Mary Valley club played bowls the following week. Picture: Renee Albrecht
1999 FLOOD as the water level fell on Wednesday night the mess was left behind, this was the scene in Gympie's memorial park early Thursday morning Fedruary 11 as water slowly receded revealing the the silt covering the area. Picture: Renee Albrecht
10/101999 FLOOD as the water level fell on Wednesday night the mess was left behind, this was the scene in Gympie's memorial park early Thursday morning Fedruary 11 as water slowly receded revealing the the silt covering the area. Picture: Renee Albrecht
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