LAST week's floods brought back lots of memories for many people.
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And there were a lot of comparisons being made between this latest flood event and previous incidents.
The flooding brought back memories for well-known former cameraman John Jeffrey.
His wife Pam and son Kevin tracked down some photos from the August 1990 flood where John managed to get up in the air in a Royal Australian Navy helicopter and capture some of the drama.
Floodwaters were again high, with the Shoalhaven River peaking at the Nowra bridge at 4.3 metres, with Mr Jeffrey remembering significant flooding around the Bolong area and further south at Sussex Inlet.
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While in the air, in what he thinks was a Sea King, he captured some great photos including the Nowra bridges over the Shoalhaven River and the water surrounded Shoalhaven Paper Mill.
"I remember there being a lot of water from Meroo Meadow right through to the Shoalhaven River and particularly around Bolong," he said.
"I also remember Sussex being particularly hard hit as well."
Having been an aircraft electrical technician for 20 years in the RAN, Mr Jeffrey was able to gain access to local helicopters for flights.
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"After I got out of the navy in '84, I started shooting for WIN News and that quickly escalated where I provided freelance footage for Nine, Seven, Ten, SBS and ABC," he said.
Fast forward 30 years and Bolong helicopter pilot Max Cochrane also took to the air last week, capturing some superb images of Shoalhaven in flood.
Some of those images were in the same area where Mr Jeffrey captured similar photos 30 years ago and we are able to compare the two floods.
Mr Cochrane said last week's flood which was predicted to peak at 4.4m and actually reached 4.17 at the Nowra bridge on Monday, August 10 was "significant".
"There is some water there, that's for sure," he said.
He said it wasn't until he got home and landed and checked his photos that he realised the flood's full extent.
"I went out early at around the peak about 9.30am Monday and it was pretty spectacular," he said.
"I took a flight again later in the afternoon and you could tell the water was receding.
"In the morning you could hardly see any of Pig Island in the middle of the Shoalhaven River. By afternoon half the island was visible."
"I think the flood four years ago was higher where we are at Bolong, but even so there is a huge amount of water.
"It was pretty spectacular at the Shoalhaven River opening at Shoalhaven Heads. The amount of water rushing out was incredible."