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  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian |Isla Evans |Chloe Chomicki

    The close knit North Shore community is accessed from Port Macquarie by car ferries which were stopped for five days. Tradespeople and volunteers have arrived to help with the clean-up and to restore power. The two car ferries started servicing the region again on Sunday afternoon. Having lived in Port Macquarie's North Shore for more than 40 years, Carla McKern knows isolation well. During times of flood though, that isolation goes to a new level.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Isla Evans |Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

    Authorities are urging residents "not to be complacent" as record-breaking flooding continues to impact New South Wales. Three people have been confirmed dead following the recovery of a woman's body from her car on Thursday. The woman, aged 60, had been warned about driving through floodwater after initially travelling in convoy with a police officer on Wednesday night near Dorrigo.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Isla Evans |Joshua Becker

    Living alongside a state forest and a popular recreational hunting ground, Matt French is familiar with the sounds of guns. "When you're riding around or walking around, [and] you hear a bit of a crack," he said. "You wonder whether it is a bullet or whether it is a crack in a tree."But when his daughter discovered a bullet had shattered the windscreen of his parked truck, he started to fear for his family's safety.

  • Jan 22, 2025 | abc.net.au | Isla Evans |Dominic Cansdale

    In 1956, the small NSW town of Adaminaby was demolished, and the Eucumbene River was dammed to create Lake Eucumbene – a lake nine times the volume of Sydney Harbour, and the largest of the Snowy Scheme lakes. Residents were offered compensation by the Snowy Mountains Authority but weren't happy about being forcibly removed from their homes.

  • Jan 7, 2025 | abc.net.au | Floss Adams |Isla Evans

    Volunteers say they remain positive as the search for a hiker, missing in the Kosciuszko National Park since Boxing Day, approaches its third week. Medical student Hadi Nazari was descending the Hannels Spur Trail with two friends when he decided to split off from the group to take photos near Geehi. The 23-year-old was reported missing a couple of hours later after failing to arrive at the remote campground where the group had planned to meet.

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