Weather Wild weather lashes the east coast of Australia
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Wild weather lashes the east coast of Australia

Climate change and La Nina have been linked to wild weather hitting Australia's east coast.
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Waterfront homes at Scarborough in the Moreton Bay region are lashed by wild weather and big swells.
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Teenage girls struggle with their umbrella in stormy conditions at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast on Sunday.
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Cars drive through a flooded road at Tumbulgum, in the NSW northern rivers region.
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Lavenders Bridge, one of the main ways out of Bellingen, was engulfed by floodwaters on Tuesday.
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Byron Bay holiday makers and ocean front residents bear the brunt of ‘dangerous’ weather event.
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Mother Nature gets up close and personal at Woody Point, Queensland.
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Byron Bay's famous beaches could be severely eroded.
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A daredevil surfer makes the most of huge swell at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast on Sunday.
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Flooding in Brunswick Valley, Northern NSW.
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Relieved dog owner saves her pup from sea foam on the Gold Coast.
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Pounding seas lap waterfront homes at Queensland's Redcliffe Peninsula.
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Byron Bay's beaches face further erosion as wild weather and hazardous swells lash the northern NSW coastlines.
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Uprooted tree along a stretch of Byron Bay beach due to heavy rain.
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Foam washes up on the beach outside the Currumbin Surf Lifesaving Club.
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Tweed local Preston Duggan, 11, plays in the foam at Froggies beach, Coolangatta, Queensland, on Tuesday.
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Scenes from Froggies beach at Coolangatta in Queensland on Tuesday.
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In Kempsey, the Macleay River could reach 5.7 metres as rain continues.
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An anxious Gold Coast resident loads up on sandbags as the weather turns even nastier.
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Currumbin Surf Life Saving Club surrounded by water on Monday.
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