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A aerial photo on a station, with debris strewn across wide, open plains.

An aerial photo of a tin shed with the walls unfolded outwards.

"We thought it was a safe zone, but no ... you wouldn't even know there was a shed here."
The walls of a tin shed are blow apart, exposing tools and equipment on a concrete slab to the open air.

A blonde woman wearing a pony tail and ringer shirt smiles.

"It was survival mode in a way ... we lost all communication until eight o'clock; we were left on our own."
Twisted pieces of tin, metal, and corrugated iron against a blue sky.

An aerial photo of a barren nursery, with toppled tree seedlings lying in the dirt.

"I opened the door and the ocean was here."

Toppled seedlings rot in dirt under harsh sunlight.

An older man looks at the camera from under a broad brim hat. Behind him are damaged planting beds.

A truck tanker was picked up by floodwaters and ran aground against a tree.

"All the people the other side of next door were completely underwater; they've virtually lost everything,"
Mr Dorrington said.

An outback roadway is severely broken into chunks, with dirt strewn over sections. An excavator works in the background.

A photo taken over still water, capturing a broken road with chunks of bitumen missing. The water reflects the blue sky.

Students draw with texters in a brightly lit room.

Residents sit on a bus, with a young man, woman, and child in the front seat.

A man looks at the camera with a blank expression.

A young woman smiles into the camera, her hair blowing gently in the breeze. Behind her is a gum tree.

Two men stand in the foreground, with a colourfully painted sign reading "Strelley School" in the background.

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