Gillieston Heights residents fear they are being left behind as NSW faces more flood destruction.
Gillieston Heights residents were cut off by floodwaters for the second time in seven yearsAnd until Thursday you could not leave on your own in a car.Yet, the suburb was only a few minutes' drive from nearby Maitland, a major regional city in the New South Wales Hunter region.Locals were quick to act, sharing food and checking in on vulnerable neighbours.Ms Ferguson says the community rallied to provide food for everyone.
"It's been really hard to be here in the hub and just seeing the families, the elderly wander in and just say, 'We are struggling'," she said.Yet, Ms Colfax said residents' hearts went out to other communities like Millers Forest and Broke, and people affected by floodwaters on the other side of Maitland.Bird's eye view of devastation
For Eugene Koen, the scale of the flooding took on a whole new meaning when he put his drone in the air. "It was really surreal to actually see the amount of water that has come through our valley so quickly," he said. "It gave it a whole new perspective of what is actually happening, which as well, makes it even more amazing to see how the community is having fun despite what is happening around us."
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