Kialla West cut off, but above flood water for now

"The whole estate is pretty much fine,“ she said.

“The flood water is still incredibly far from where the river would be.”

She said she didn’t know what was happening in other parts of Kialla West, but some houses were apparently under water at Moira Dve.

There was hardly a sandbag in site at Kialla West, Ms Cowley said.

“Residents are saying it’s way beyond the 1974 level,” she said.

“People going to the end of Bennetts Rd to check, but it’s become a real community hub, everyone’s talking together.

“You’e finding people in your neighbourhood you haven’t met before.”