22/3/21: Chloe Panman checks her rabbits at her house at Church street in Windsor which is flooded. John Feder/The Australian

Cattle on the banks of the flooded Hawkesbury river near Richmond. Picture: Getty Images

State Emergency Service workers drive their rescue craft through the flooded Hawkesbury river along Inalls Lane in Richmond. Picture: Getty Images

Residents look out at a flooded residential area in the Windsor area in northwestern Sydney. Picture: AFP

Locals row a boat past submerged homes in Windsor. Picture: Getty Images

Heavy machinery is bought in to clean up debris in Port Macquarie. Picture: Nathan Edwards

The iconic Whalebone Wharf Restaurant in Port Macquarie was damaged. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Drivers ignore rising flood water across Tallebudgera Connection Road, Tallebudgera, at the back of Currumbin Creek. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Scott Powick

A man stands on Windsor Road in McGraths Hill. Picture: Getty Images

A man holds an umbrella standing next to Windsor Road in the suburb of McGraths Hill. Picture: Getty Images

Brian Cooper fishes at flooded Church Street in Windsor. Picture: John Feder

Jason Adams sandbags his Church Street, Windsor home, which is under threat from floodwaters. Picture: John Feder

The Hawkesbury River floods the Windsor Bridge. Picture: John Feder

James and Megan Dunn from Tugun check out the flooded Currumbin Valley Rock Pools in Queensland. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Scott Powick

Kempsey residents watch the rising water at the town’s levy wall. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Cattle are moved to higher ground in Kempsey. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Emerald Lakes Golf Club and driving range at Carrara are swamped by floodwaters. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Scott Powick

Cars drive through fast-moving floodwaters at Stingray Creek, Laurieton. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Kempsey residents line up for supplies at the IGA … the only supermarket left open in the town. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Major flooding is seen in the Port Macquarie area. Picture: Nathan Edwards