Australia floods: It's like living in the middle of an ocean - Telegraph: "Trisha Hollingworth knew that it was time to evacuate her home on the outskirts of Rockhampton when she awoke to floodwaters lapping at the front steps. She had been told that the water was coming, but the speed with which it arrived took her by surprise. The front garden, where she had celebrated New Year's Eve with a barbecue with her neighbours, was one foot under water by the morning of January 1. Two days later, the rust-coloured water had reached the fifth step of her home, just inches shy of her front door. It was time to go.
By then, the only way out was in the 'tinnie' – a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River. But ever since the river burst its banks, the boat has replaced the family car. 'You have to boat in and boat out now. If you tried to walk, the water would be up to your chest and it is running so fast it would just drag you away,' Mrs Hollingworth says. 'The road has become part of the river, it is like living in the middle of the ocean.'"
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