A 23-year-old woman and 26-year-old man have died in flood waters near Gympie in Queensland.
The pair was reported missing on Tuesday, with their car located on Wednesday evening.
On Thursday morning, Queensland Police discovered the bodies of the missing Chinese nationals, who were here on working visas and en route to a fruit picking job.
Flooding has impacted the region since Monday, with 2,500 people losing power and many sheltering in evacuation centres.
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Since Monday, Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region has experienced flooding due to heavy rainfall inundating the Burnett River.
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Queensland Police said a 23-year-old woman and 26-year-old man left Brisbane on Sunday, heading north to Mundubbera, a small town between Chinchilla and Bundaberg.
On Tuesday, a friend reported the pair as missing after they did not arrive as expected.
Their car was located, submerged, on Wednesday night near Kilkivan, just over halfway between Brisbane and Mundubbera.
On Thursday morning, police divers and the Forensic Crash Unit located two bodies in the car.
Police confirmed the bodies were that of the missing pair.
They were both Chinese tourists with Working Holiday visas, headed to work as fruit pickers in the region.
