Recipient story
Family losses everything in flood and spent hours navigating croc infested water to get to safety.
Far North Queensland Flooding 2023
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Self-evacuated by small boat in the darkness of the night with partner and 93-year-old wheelchair bound father in-law.
Travel a km by torchlight in torrential rain until they needed to tie up to a tree for 3 hours until daylight as the current was too strong to navigate in the dark in the flooded Daintree River which is crocodile infested.
House was inundated by at least 2 meters of water as the Daintree River hit the highest ever level approx. 14.5 mtrs. Needed to leave home quickly without taken personal effects therefore lost everything they own uninsured). The house has sustained considerable damage. #outdoorplayequipment
Travel a km by torchlight in torrential rain until they needed to tie up to a tree for 3 hours until daylight as the current was too strong to navigate in the dark in the flooded Daintree River which is crocodile infested.
House was inundated by at least 2 meters of water as the Daintree River hit the highest ever level approx. 14.5 mtrs. Needed to leave home quickly without taken personal effects therefore lost everything they own uninsured). The house has sustained considerable damage. #outdoorplayequipment
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