FLASH FLOODS 1992
Torrential rain on 21/22 February 1992 measuring 660mm (26 inches) caused flooding to the Mary River, sweeping away the 60 year old timber bridge at Kenilworth. A new bridge was built 8.6 metres higher and opened the following year.
In February 1999 the month’s total rainfall figure was 2¾ times the average, with much of it falling within a short space of time. The torrential downpour swept through the Range overflowed creeks and lapped the Maleny Library boardwalk and contributed in no small way to the flooding of Gympie and Maryborough. Ex-TC “Rona” and ex-TC “, as rain depressions were mainly responsible for Maleny’s weather pattern