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The inside of a business, where floodwaters are almost as high as the kitchen sink.

A man wearing glasses and a high-vis work shirt.

A shoulder-height sign reads "employees only", with dirt on the adjoining wall marking how high floodwaters rose.

A man in high-vis standing on an outback landscape, where debris sits by stagnant floodwaters.

"It was just uncontrollable. How do you control something like that?"

A sign marks the small town of Thargomindah, with flood-damaged roads visible in the background.

A flood-damaged tool shed, where the floors are still muddy.

A flood gauge almost covered in water.

A collage shows regional streets lined with flood-damaged items, waiting to be taken to the tip.

A group of SES volunteers in orange uniforms, looking out at a road hidden by floodwaters.

A river flooding, with rain clouds forming above.

"There's not a person in town that isn't affected. It's beyond comprehension that you can have a town where everybody's affected."

A woman with curly hair, holding a broom on her veranda.

A line of mud marks the wall inside a home, showing where floodwaters rose to.

A backyard pool, filled with floodwaters after a major weather event.

A collage shows flood-damaged roads and uniformed SES volunteers looking out over floodwaters.

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"In his mind, the community had already done enough for him — it just shows the kind of people who are [living] there."
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