From the 1970s to the present day, ABC senior journalist Ian Mannix charts the pattern of floods in Australia, and recounts 15 dramatic stories in this book. You'll be shocked and amazed by the courage and heroism in these stories, from the tale of two women trapped in a house infested with snakes as the flood waters rose ever higher, to the daring helicopter rescues of the townsfolk of Newry in Gippsland. You'll also hear about the brave truck driver who saved the town of Charleville in Queensland by putting levee walls in place against the on coming flood. Great Australian Flood Stories also examines the causes and effects of the devastating floods in Queensland, which occurred in 2011.