One spectacular byproduct of this week's deluge is the impact it has had on waterfalls.
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National Parks and Wildlife management closed Minnamurra Rainforest on Tuesday due to safety concerns. It reopened on Thursday and visitors were encouraged to see the falls in all their glory.
Manager Peter Kennedy said though it would have been better to get the amount of rain the area received in two days over two weeks instead, it was better than not getting rain at all.
"I was starting to get concerned as the indications are that we are heading into an El Nino weather event, meaning a drier and warmer spring and summer. I started to question as to where we would be with the lack of rain," Mr Kennedy said.
"Such heavy rain as we have just had doesn't penetrate the soil. When we have the same rain volume over two weeks, rather than two days, it starts to recharge the groundwater systems and the falls last longer."
Mr Kennedy said though the rainforest trees made it impossible to install rain gauges, last week's event still did not compare to the 2011 floods.
"This was nowhere near as bad as that," he said. "In 2011 the whole of the Jamberoo Valley floor was flooded."
Mr Kennedy, who has worked at the park for 22 years, could not say that high rainfall events were becoming more common.
He said the flooding of the falls made it the perfect time to explore the region's beauty.
"People will travel vast distances to explore other natural attractions when we have something incredible so close to home," Mr Kennedy said.
"People can start with the walks at Minnamurra Rainforest Falls, drive up Jamberoo Mountain Pass to Carrington Falls and then go from Robertson to Belmore Falls and on to Fitzroy Falls."
For more information on Minnamurra Rainforest falls, visit nationalparks.nsw.gov.au.