Australian floods – in pictures

Flooded areas of Wagga Wagga, in south-west New South Wales Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA

People collect sandbags to protect their properties from floodwaters in Wagga Wagga Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters

Volunteers fill sandbags at the State Emergency Services headquarters in Wagga Wagga Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA

A rescue team in Wagga Wagga Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters

A resident photographs a submerged taxi on a flooded street in Wagga Wagga Photograph: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images

Local residents look at a road submerged in floodwaters near Wagga Wagga Photograph: Daniel Munoz/Reuters

A flood marker in the Murrumbidgee river in Wagga Wagga Photograph: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images

Thousands of spiders make new webs after floodwaters forced them to move to higher ground in Wagga Wagga Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA

Residents look at the flooded streets of Gundagai, New South Wales Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA