Two bodies have been found during the search for missing tourists in Queensland floodwater.

They were found in a Subaru Forester recovered on Kilkivan Tansey Road at Kilkivan, a township west of Gympie and about 220 kilometres north of Brisbane.

Police believe the pair are a missing 26-year-old man and 23-year-old woman from China, who were on a road trip from Brisbane when flooding hit the area.

The vehicle was discovered on Wednesday, but it took search teams time to gain access safely.

Widespread heavy rain last week flooded Bundaberg and surrounding regions, with large parts of the Central Queensland town inundated as the swollen Burnett River broke its banks, in scenes reminiscent of the 2010 floods.

Kilkivan sits just outside the Barambah Creek catchment, a tributary of the Burnett River.

The town had recorded about 350 millimetres of rain across four days from March 7.

In Bundaberg, power and road access was cut on Wednesday morning – including the city’s two main bridges – as the Burnett River reached a peak of 7.4 metres.