In pictures: Tourists come across extraordinary sight at Uluru
Tourists have captured an extraordinary sight at Uluru and Kata Tjuṯa.
Recent heavy rains created waterfalls to cascade across the rock.
Liss Owen and her partner David Gawler told 9News they felt bless to have witnessed the spectacle.
Rain is sporadic in the country's red centre.
The most common time for rainfall at Uluru is from November to March - making this a particuarly rare sight.
The phenomenon comes as record-breaking rainfall is making its way across the country after wreaking havoc on the east coast.
Stricken residents of the the NSW Mid North Coast are grappling with the clean-up after the record breaking floods.
Streets of towns including Taree are strewn with debris from businesses and homes engulfed by the deluge.
More than 12,000 people remain cut off, the SES said last night.
A helicopter dropped groceries to Crescent Head to restock in the local supermarket, the NSW SES said.
A vehicle delivered food and medical supplied to residents throughout the Hunter region.
A woman clean the floor of a supermarket after the floods.
Meanwhile, 70 troops from the ADF will start helping from today.
One home is scattered with white goods after the flood water came in.
The SES said 5,000 damage assessments been completed.
A street is cleaned from the mud left behind as the waters receded.
Linda Saundercock sits in her her flooded second-floor home at Glenthorne in Taree, Australia.
Although floodwaters are still high in many places, and more showers have been forecast for the east coast early this week, many residents are beginning the clean-up process.
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