1/20Flooding in Third Avenue, Home Hill. Picture: Valda-Norm Guy
In pictures: Central, northern Qld awash
Record rainfall has turned central and northern Queensland into a water world, making for some spectacular imagery.
2/20Hayes Pugh playing in puddles at Springview Station, Mingela. Picture: Vicki Miller
3/20Ethan Cox, 9, from Warrnambool Station, 80km southwest of Winton. Picture: John Elliott
4/20Floodwaters around Winton. Picture: Brendon Meredith/Winton Shire Council
5/20Floodwaters around Winton. Picture: Brendon Meredith/Winton Shire Council
6/20Aerial view of flooding in central western Queensland
7/20Cars passing through water just north of Ayr. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm
8/20Ayr cemetery underwater. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm
9/20Ayr cemetery underwater. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm
10/20Ayr cemetery underwater. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm
11/20Ayr cemetery underwater. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm
12/20Water over the road and no traffic on the Bruce Highway at Plantation Creek in Ayr. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm
13/20Flooding in central western Queensland
14/20Flooding in central western Queensland
15/20Matthew Lee from Nome at Aplins Weir which is starting to flow after heavy rain. Picture: Evan Morgan
16/20Residents in a unit complex in Alexandra Street, North Ward, were hit by flash flooding during monsoonal rain in Townsville. Picture: Matt Taylor
17/20Residents in a unit complex in Alexandra Street, North Ward, were hit by flash flooding during monsoonal rain in Townsville. Picture: Matt Taylor
18/20Residents in a unit complex in Alexandra Street, North Ward, were hit by flash flooding during monsoonal rain in Townsville. Picture: Matt Taylor
19/20Kate Sullivan, a resident in a unit complex in Alexandra Street, North Ward, was hit by flash flooding during monsoonal rain in Townsville. Picture: Matt Taylor
20/20Residents in a unit complex in Alexandra Street, North Ward, were hit by flash flooding during monsoonal rain in Townsville. Picture: Matt Taylor
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