7.15p.m. a beautiful sunny day. I think the chickens found plenty of worms as they didn't come running over every time I went outside.
Neighbours say the pair inside the Airbnb managed to escape. (ABC News: Tim Fernandez)
An Airbnb cabin in Wollongong has been completely washed away while a young couple were inside.
Neighbours said the pair managed to escape from the cabin with some assistance and have since been taken to hospital.
The Illawarra has received torrential rain overnight with areas such as Bellambi and Albion Park recording almost 200 millimetres in the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday.
Neighbour Lisa Csapo said she was woken up by the heavy downpour and saw the cabin float past and crash into the bridge.
"That was scary in itself but then we saw a couple of people come out of the cabin and into the water," she said.
She said her husband called emergency services while she went to check the couple was OK.
"[They were] understandably shaken up but they're OK, just a couple of scratches on their legs," Ms Csapo said.
She said she was shocked the young couple escaped with their lives.
"I can't believe the young couple that were in that cabin were able to walk away from that," she said.
Another neighbour Paul Harrison said the cabin washing away looked looked like a scene from an action movie.
"They had a wild ride, they managed to crawl out from the debris, a couple of neighbours helped them out," he said.
He said the entire cabin was smashed into the bridge after a "wild ride down the creek".
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Neighbours say the pair inside the Airbnb managed to escape. (ABC News: Tim Fernandez)
An Airbnb cabin in Wollongong has been completely washed away while a young couple were inside.
Neighbours said the pair managed to escape from the cabin with some assistance and have since been taken to hospital.
The Illawarra has received torrential rain overnight with areas such as Bellambi and Albion Park recording almost 200 millimetres in the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday.
Neighbour Lisa Csapo said she was woken up by the heavy downpour and saw the cabin float past and crash into the bridge.
"That was scary in itself but then we saw a couple of people come out of the cabin and into the water," she said.
She said her husband called emergency services while she went to check the couple was OK.
"[They were] understandably shaken up but they're OK, just a couple of scratches on their legs," Ms Csapo said.
She said she was shocked the young couple escaped with their lives.
"I can't believe the young couple that were in that cabin were able to walk away from that," she said.
Another neighbour Paul Harrison said the cabin washing away looked looked like a scene from an action movie.
"They had a wild ride, they managed to crawl out from the debris, a couple of neighbours helped them out," he said.
He said the entire cabin was smashed into the bridge after a "wild ride down the creek".
