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Twizzle

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what a day

So we spent most of the day with the SES ferrying people from Chinderah and Fingal, on the Sth side of the Tweed River, over to Banora Point/Tweed. Set up a BBQ at my sons place which is about 4 houses from the river, SES set up at the rivers edge where the road went underwater and used that as a make shift boat ramp.

So many boats, tinnies and jetskis on the river ferrying people to the SES from as far away as Murwillumbah, about 20ks away.

Just had to be careful of things floating down the river, like logs, 40 foot boats that came loose, cows, hay bails, and the odd house boat.

1 cow, I kid you not, floated down the river to the river mouth (about 8 ks) and out to sea, swam into the beach at DBar, and walked up the beach.

Some boats could not get to people's houses so had to send jetskis into the property which is a bitch when the barbed wire fences, that are under water, get tangled up in their props. So many boats broke down as the mud blocked their water pumps and engines overheated. Jetskies were hitting logs.

One poor old fella had to be dragged out of his house, water was up to his knees and he said he was fine, didn't know he was under water, poor bloke had dimentia and didn't know what was going on or where he was.

Most of the people we fed were volunteers who had been out on the river since morning and had nothing to eat all day, beer was in very short supply.

I rescued a couple of old dears from an SES tinnie and brought them home for a shower and glass of wine and off to the Salvos as they had to book in and register so their family knew where they were. One lady had lost everything and only had a bag with a change of clothes, yet in good spirits.

So many people wanted to help out and provide food and clothes to those who lost everything, the community support was amazing.

Incredible day, hope I never have to do it again.
 
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Twizzle said:
what a day

So we spent most of the day with the SES ferrying people from Chinderah and Fingal, on the Sth side of the Tweed River, over to Banora Point/Tweed. Set up a BBQ at my sons place which is about 4 houses from the river, SES set up at the rivers edge where the road went underwater and used that as a make shift boat ramp.

So many boats, tinnies and jetskis on the river ferrying people to the SES from as far away as Murwillumbah, about 20ks away.

Just had to be careful of things floating down the river, like logs, 40 foot boats that came loose, cows, hay bails, and the odd house boat.

1 cow, I kid you not, floated down the river to the river mouth (about 8 ks) and out to sea, swam into the beach at DBar, and walked up the beach.

Some boats could not get to people's houses so had to send jetskis into the property which is a bitch when the barbed wire fences, that are under water, get tangled up in their props. So many boats broke down as the mud blocked their water pumps and engines overheated. Jetskies were hitting logs.

One poor old fella had to be dragged out of his house, water was up to his knees and he said he was fine, didn't know he was under water, poor bloke had dimentia and didn't know what was going on or where he was.

Most of the people we fed were volunteers who had been out on the river since morning and had nothing to eat all day, beer was in very short supply.

I rescued a couple of old dears from an SES tinnie and brought them home for a shower and glass of wine and off to the Salvos as they had to book in and register so their family knew where they were. One lady had lost everything and only had a bag with a change of clothes, yet in good spirits.

So many people wanted to help out and provide food and clothes to those who lost everything, the community support was amazing.

Incredible day, hope I never have to do it again.
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Well done Twiz. There are many like you out there, and there are even more who appreciate your efforts.
Great stuff mate.
 
Eelogical

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Twizzle said:
what a day

So we spent most of the day with the SES ferrying people from Chinderah and Fingal, on the Sth side of the Tweed River, over to Banora Point/Tweed. Set up a BBQ at my sons place which is about 4 houses from the river, SES set up at the rivers edge where the road went underwater and used that as a make shift boat ramp.

So many boats, tinnies and jetskis on the river ferrying people to the SES from as far away as Murwillumbah, about 20ks away.

Just had to be careful of things floating down the river, like logs, 40 foot boats that came loose, cows, hay bails, and the odd house boat.

1 cow, I kid you not, floated down the river to the river mouth (about 8 ks) and out to sea, swam into the beach at DBar, and walked up the beach.

Some boats could not get to people's houses so had to send jetskis into the property which is a bitch when the barbed wire fences, that are under water, get tangled up in their props. So many boats broke down as the mud blocked their water pumps and engines overheated. Jetskies were hitting logs.

One poor old fella had to be dragged out of his house, water was up to his knees and he said he was fine, didn't know he was under water, poor bloke had dimentia and didn't know what was going on or where he was.

Most of the people we fed were volunteers who had been out on the river since morning and had nothing to eat all day, beer was in very short supply.

I rescued a couple of old dears from an SES tinnie and brought them home for a shower and glass of wine and off to the Salvos as they had to book in and register so their family knew where they were. One lady had lost everything and only had a bag with a change of clothes, yet in good spirits.

So many people wanted to help out and provide food and clothes to those who lost everything, the community support was amazing.

Incredible day, hope I never have to do it again.
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Kudos to you and those who were along with you, Twizz. Helping those in their time of need is a wonderful thing. I hope it all works out down there on the Tweed along will all the other towns devastated by the floods. There'd be a lot more sad news without the selfless help provided by you and others like you.
 
Twizzle

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you don't often see this on FB, there are cows turning up all over the place, they end up in the river then turn up in someone's back yard

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Twizzle

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Eelogical said:
Kudos to you and those who were along with you, Twizz. Helping those in their time of need is a wonderful thing. I hope it all works out down there on the Tweed along will all the other towns devastated by the floods. There'd be a lot more sad news without the selfless help provided by you and others like you.
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Everyone is having a dig, is not something you think about, you see people needing help and you just do it.

I had work to do but when you consider that people need you, it's a no brainer and they are so grateful, makes it worthwhile

There was a 6 year old girl who had baked chocolate cupcakes and she was standing at the side of the river offering cakes to people getting out of the SES boats, to help out. Everyone had a go.
 
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but you don't have to actually go through Grafton right? ... the highway runs by Maclean - that might be flooded
 
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