Expectations are that the current flooding along the Hawkesbury River could exceed that of the great flood of 1961.
Here is a photographic history of the major floods that have plagued the Hawkesbury area since the 1800s, profiling the major floods since the Warragamba Dam was completed in 1960, together with a tutorial on why flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean area is so dangerous – both courtesy of the NSW SES.
It will flood again:
Why Hawkesbury-Nepean Floods are so Dangerous: