1/521999: Brian Cadd holding car numberplate, with Linda Newman and her daughter Lauren at the bridge where their car was swept into the Bonogin Creek on the Gold Coast where they were rescued by local resident David Stubbs.
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2/521998: The Currumbin Surf Club building being hit with wash from the huge waves.
3/52Nerang Broadbeach Road, Nerang.
4/52Nerang Broadbeach Road,
5/521999: Big surf erosion at Narrow Neck beach.
6/52Gold Coast Indy: Paul Tracy pit crew runs for cover as hail storm hits.
7/521999. A photographer dodging the spray from large waves at the southern wall of the Gold Coast Seaway.
8/521999: A view of Surfers Paradise and rough seas taken from the southern wall of the Gold Coast Seaway.
9/5202/02/1999. David Stubbs (R) with 1970s singer Brian Cadd, whom he rescued with his partner from flooded Gold Coast creek, Cadd/Singer Queensland / Weather / Flood
10/521996: Children in the rough seaas at Main Beach.
11/52Mandi Williams and Tracie Williams of /Surfers looking at beach erosion at Narrow Neck in 1996.
12/52Rough seas at the Southport Seaway.
13/52Rough seas at the Southport Seaway.
14/521999: Boys having fun in their dinghy near the bar at Currumbin.
15/52Rough seas at the Southport Seaway.
16/521999 - Brian Cadd (rock legend) with Linda Newman and her daughter Lauren at the bridge where their car was swept into the Bonogin Creek.
17/521999. Beach erosion.
18/521999 Snapper Rocks.
19/521999 Snapper Rocks, Surfer Scott Lewis rides the huge surf.
20/521998: Daredevil kids at Snapper Rocks.
21/521998: Surfboard rider being towed by a jet ski at Kirra.
22/521998: Snapper Rocks.
23/521999. A fisherman dodging the spray from large waves at the southern wall of the Gold Coast Seaway.
24/521999 Big surf erosion at Gold Coast Rock fishermen at the Southport Seaway.
25/521998: A big wave crashes onto the end of the seawall at Main Beach.
26/521998 Big seas at Burleigh Heads.
27/52Rough seas at the Southport Seaway.
28/521998 Big seas at Burleigh Heads.
29/521998: Tania and Brandon (5 yrs) James from Melbourne, walking past a section of erosion at Narrow Neck.
30/52Andy Maffey from Gold Coast council inspecting erosion at Tugun beach in 1996.
31/52Beach erosion at Main Beach, Gold Coast..
32/52Beach erosion at Gold Coast beaches in 1996.
33/52Strong seas at Main Beach in 1996.
34/52Chief Director of Engineering Services Warren Day (L) and Mayor Ray Stevens inspect damage at Main Beach Gold Coast. in 1996.
35/52Beach erosion at Main Beach, Gold Coast.
36/521997: Tony Vande-Graaf surfing at Broadbeach.
37/521996 Two girls ignore the danger sign.
38/52Ulrike Richards at her beachfront home at Palm Beach Gold Coast. 8 May 1996 Weather Qld erosion beaches 35/D/11855-11857
39/52Flooding at Oxenford Tamborine Rd in 1996.
40/52Rough seas at Gold Coast.
41/521996: Trevor Palmer and son Brendan Palmer.
42/52Waves crash into the Seawall.
43/521996: Erosion of Palm Beach.
44/52Beach erosion at Main Beach in 1996.
45/521999 Big Surf off Snapper Rocks,
46/521999: Boys having fun in their dinghy near the bar at Currumbin.
47/521999 Big Surf off Snapper Rocks, Surfer Scott Lewis was towed by Warren Cornish.
48/52Big savage seas on the Gold Coast beach Anne and Joe Pera of Brisbane.
49/521999. Burleigh Heads beach takes battering from big seas.
50/52A swimmer is rescued by a lifesaver near rocks at Kirra beach.
51/521999: People on Currumbin rock getting good view of wild seas pounding the coast.
52/52Crowds at Surfers Paradise beach in extreme heat.
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