The ACTSES have received a number of calls for help after a heavy downpour across Canberra this afternoon saw cars stuck in the street, while the Canberra Centre was also evacuated.
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Residents in parts of NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are bracing for flooding after a year of record rains.
The ACT Government is advising that both the Namadgi National Park Visitor Information Centre and Point Hut Crossing will be closed until further notice due to flooding and high levels of rain forecast.
Large swathes of Australia are set to be drenched and shivering, with heavy falls and lower than average temperatures forecast from the country's north to Tasmania.
The Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre wastewater treatment plant bypass dam is discharging partially treated and settled effluent into the Molonglo River.
Further rain and flooding are forecast for parts of eastern Australia in coming months, with a third successive La Nina weather pattern also likely later this year.
NSW residents are being warned the current bout of wet weather hitting the east coast is only going to get worse, with more rain, powerful winds and surging seas on the way.
