Father, Daughter Rescued in Gympie Floods

Part of the Bruce Highway washed away by floodwaters caused by ex-Cyclone Seth, north of Gympie, Australia, obtained on Jan. 8, 2022. AAP Image/Supplied, Maleny State Emergency Service

A father and his young daughter have been rescued after spending two nights clinging to a tree in regional Queensland after floodwaters hit over the weekend.

An RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew from Toowoomba airlifted the pair from a homestead in the Gympie region to hospital on Sunday after they were found at around 1 p.m.