Along Queensland's Bruce Highway is the small town of Giru, which was cut off by floodwaters, after more than half a metre of rain. But with the Haughton River receding, we managed to get in to see how the locals are faring.
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00:00The clean-up begins. This is Shannon Chown's first big flood. The water swept through his
00:10yard, the house spared, but there's a muddy mess all the same.
00:14We were pretty prepared. We lifted just about everything up, so anything that's floated
00:18around probably needed to go anyway.
00:20The water's gone, though the shops still closed. With the Horton River receding, the pubs open,
00:27a cold drink to be savoured in the North Queensland humidity.
00:30Your beans were a flood before?
00:32About four. All the big ones, anyway, around here, yeah.
00:35How does this one compare?
00:36It's up there, yeah. The volume of water was huge, hey.
00:39There is still some water running through the streets of Garoo, but after days of rain,
00:45the weather has finally cleared, allowing residents to begin the clean-up.
00:49After days trapped inside, many were relieved to get out.
00:54Still getting cabin fever, being at home.
00:58Keen to wet a line.
01:00A nice custom dinner, maybe, see how we go.
01:02Check on family and grab some crucial supplies.
01:06Fuel and that, and mainly grog, beer and rum. Yeah, taking it all in our stride, hey.
01:11What comes, we sort it out and survive. That's what we've got to do, us Aussies, hey, you know.
01:16Another flooded but resilient community.