Brisbane and Lismore residents return to debris and mud-filled homes – in pictures
As flood waters recede in some parts of NSW and Queensland, residents start to clean up the damage, while Ballina gets hit by more torrential rain
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A person walks along a flooded street in Lismore. Interstate emergency service volunteers are on their way to northern New South Wales amid disastrous flooding, while Sydney braces for torrential rain that could lead to more flooding.
Photograph: Jason O’Brien/EPA
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Jane Knox cleans up in the front yard of her flood-damaged property in the suburb of Auchenflower in Brisbane. Floodwaters in south-east Queensland may not fully recede for seven days, with one man still missing, nine people dead and more than 1,100 in evacuation centres.
Photograph: Darren England/AAP
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Residents begin the flood clean-up in Lismore, NSW. The town experienced record-breaking flooding.
Photograph: Jason O’Brien/EPA
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Paul Skinner and Jill Schmidt embrace each other in the flood-damaged suburb of Newmarket in Brisbane.
Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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A man and child walk along a flooded road after heavy rains in Lismore.
Photograph: Reuters
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A man shovels mud from the lower level of a home in Newmarket.
Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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Residents carry belongings to dry ground as they start cleaning their homes in Newmarket.
Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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Penrith city council workers load sand bags into residents cars at Jamison Park in Sydney. A developing east coast low is beginning to impact Sydney with heavy rain that could cause flash flooding and potentially hazardous conditions.
Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
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Brisbane resident Brett Barnard looks out of a window at his flood-affected house in the suburb of Deagon.
Photograph: Darren England/AAP
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Flood waters at a two-storey house in Lismore.
Photograph: Reuters
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Flood waters in Brisbane forced boats and other debris to wash up on to the Hawthorne ferry terminal.
Photograph: Darren England/EPA
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Rubbish and debris litter the streets in Lismore.
Photograph: Jason O’Brien/EPA
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Cars drive through a partially flooded road at Warragamba, west of Sydney. The Warragamba Dam has started to spill.
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
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A man hauls out wet carpet from a house. Lismore residents have returned to assess the flood damage and begin the clean-up.
Photograph: Jason O’Brien/EPA
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Water levels are still rising in the northern NSW town of Ballina.
Photograph: Natalie Grono/The Guardian
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A bin floats away as the flood waters rise across Ballina.
Photograph: Natalie Grono/The Guardian
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Two men dispose flood-damaged belongings in Newmarket.
Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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Mark Davies cleans his flooded house in Logan, south of Brisbane. The residents of south-east Queensland have started a massive flood clean-up task, but the Bureau of Meteorology warns there’s more rain to come.
Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP
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People in a mini moke drive though flood waters in Logan.
Photograph: Jono Searle/EPA
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A flood-damaged car in Logan.
Photograph: Jono Searle/EPA
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