1/72Vehicles stuck as floodwaters cut off the roads in Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
Now and then: Gympie flood photos 2022 and 1999
Gympie has been smashed by it’s worst floods since 1999. See how the current disaster compares to the one that hit 23 years ago in our mega gallery.
2/72Floodwaters cut off the highway through Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
3/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
4/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
5/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
6/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
7/72Roads leading to the town of Gympie are cut off by floodwaters on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
8/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
9/72Floodwaters swamp Hungry Jack’s in Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
10/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
11/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
12/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
13/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
14/72A train is derailed in an accident caused by flooding in the town of Gympie. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
15/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
16/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
17/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
18/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
19/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
20/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
21/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
22/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
23/72Train lines are cut off as floodwaters surround Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
24/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
25/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
26/72Vehicles stuck as floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
27/72Floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
28/72Floodwaters cutoff the highway through Gympie on February 27, 2022. Photo: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
29/72SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 27: In an aerial view, floodwaters surround the town of Gympie on February 27, 2022 in an area north of Sunshine Coast, Australia. Parts of South-East Queensland are experiencing the worst flooding in over a decade, with Gympie under evacuation order and the death toll reaching five. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
30/72Damaged roadways on the Bruce Highway at the Mary Valley Road intersection at Gympie. Picture: Department of Transport and Main Roads
31/72Gympie flood emergency - taken from Power Road on the Southside and looking south along Power Road.
32/72Gympie flood emergency - taken from Exhibition Road on the Southside Saturday early afternoon.
33/72Gympie region flood emergency - the Dickagram Bridge at Miva early Saturday afternoon.
34/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
35/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
36/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
37/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
38/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
39/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
40/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
41/72Gympie floods, February 26, 2022
42/72Gympie flood February 1999 - Pengelly's Bridge.
43/72The Mary Valley Heritage Railway's rail motor provided a vital link between Gympie and Monkland during the February flood, ferrying workers back and forth across the high level Deep Creek rail bridge.
44/72Gympie flood February 1999 - Mary Street.
45/72Gympie flood February 1999 - Upper Mary Street.
46/72Gympie 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.
47/72Flood waters near Gympie. February 9, 1999.
48/72Gympie’s isonic pineapple reflects on the floodwaters in 1999.
49/72A collapsed mine shaft in Jubilee Crescent, Gympie on Februaru 19 after the floods. Photo: Graeme Parkes
50/72Gympie flood February 1999 - Mary Street.
51/72Gympie flood February 1999 - Albert Park and across the river to the Southside.
52/72Charmaine Compagnoni and Zelda Carroll clean up before restocking their shop on February 18, 1999. Photo: Graeme Parkes
53/72Truck drivers moved on as the flood waters in Gympie, Queensland, receded. 10 February 1999.
54/72Flooded houses in Gympie, February 10, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
55/72Flooded houses in Gympie, February 10, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
56/72Flooded houses in Gympie, February 10, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
57/72People on the rooftops of flooded businesses in Gympie, February 10, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
58/72Children play in floodwaters after school was cancelled, February 10, 1999. Photo: Grainger/Laffan
59/7210 feb 1999 Aerials of Gympie floods pic by Nathan/Richter - weather qld flooded buildings
60/72Flooding in Gympie from the Mary River. Photo: Nathan Richter
61/72Residents watch from the rooftops as Gympie floods, Februay 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan/Richter
62/72Flooding in Gympie from the Mary River, February 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
63/72Flooding in Gympie from the Mary River, February 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
64/72Flooding near Gympie cuts off roads, February 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
65/72A house in a low lying area of Gympie, February 10, 1999. Photo: Grainger/Laffan
66/72Gympie locals weren't prepared to let a bit of flooding get between them and a coldy at the local pub on Februay 9, 1999. Photo: Grainger/Laffan
67/72The Caltex service station & Pineapple landmark flooding in Gympie, February 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
68/72Flooding in Gympie from the Mary River Pic Nathan/Richter 09 feb 1999 - weather qld floods aerials buildings 35/Z/15808/814 the Caltex Service Station & Pineapple landmark
69/72Flooding in Gympie from the Mary River, February 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
70/72A new meaning to the term pedestrian strip in Gympie's flooded main street, February 9, 1999. Photo: Grainger/Laffan
71/72Gympie people stay high and dry at the Imperial Hotel, February 9, 1999. Photo: Grainger/Laffan
72/72Flooding in Gympie, February 9, 1999. Photo: Nathan Richter
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