Shipping container floats into second storey of pro-surfer Callum Robson's Woodburn home 

A pro-surfer returned to his flooded family home after NSW’s record rainstorm to find ceiling-high water floated a shipping container inside.

Callum Robson was staying at his mother’s house in Woodburn, NSW, when the two-storey property was submerged by 1,800mm of rain.

The surf star posted an incredible photo to Instagram on Tuesday of the huge metal box partly submerged in the roof cavity.

A shipping container has floated its way inside a pro-surfer’s family home on Tuesday evening (pictured)

‘Absolutely crazy,’ Mr Robson wrote. ‘Second floor of my family home in Woodburn.’

Further posts made to social media showed a dinghy approach what appeared to be the balcony on the home’s second level.

‘So devastating. Thanks to everyone for helping out, doing rescues… wild times,’ Mr Robson wrote in another post.

Record rain lashed northern NSW, stranding residents in Woodburn on their rooftops as floodwaters rose dramatically towards them.

Callum Robson (pictured) posted the shocking image to Instagram on Tuesday as floodwaters  devastated NSW and QLD

Aerial footage showed a convoy of at least 20 cars and several horses trapped on a bridge as they tried to flee the town on Tuesday morning.

Fellow surfers Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson were also spotted helping flood-affected locals in NSW and Queensland.  

In NSW, Fanning pulled on his wetsuit to lend a hand to locals in Murwillumbah in the north coast.

The three-time world champion gave pharmacist Skye Swift a lift from Tweed to Murwillumbah on his jet ski, to ensure residents could get vital medication.

Aerial footage showed a convoy of at least 20 cars and several horses trapped on a bridge as they tried to flee the town on Tuesday morning (pictured, cars stranded on Woodburn bridge)

Mick Fanning was among a group of surfers assisting locals on their jet skis in flood-affected areas in QLD and NSW (pictured, Fanning lends a hand to locals in Murwillumbah on Tuesday)

Meanwhile, fellow world champion surfer Joel Parkinson hopped on his jet ski rescuing dozens of stranded Queenslanders on Monday and Tuesday.

Parkinson reckons he along with several locals saved up to 40 people, six dogs, three cats and some chickens.

‘I’ve rescued cats, dogs, I’ve had 10-15 people on my ski, it’s been hectic, just picking people people up, getting to higher ground,’ he said in a video.

But when Parkinson returned home ‘exhausted’ to the Gold Coast, he found his home had been broken into and wife Monica’s car had been stolen.