Isolated Brewarrina residents hold 'tough' amid animal rescues and Remembrance Day preparations
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Isolated Brewarrina residents hold 'tough' amid animal rescues and Remembrance Day preparations

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As a farming family in outback New South Wales work to wrangle anxious goats into a boat and ferry them to safety, the region's residents are vowing to remain resilient despite their town remaining cut off by floodwaters. Key points: Brewarrina became isolated after rising waters flooded its roads to the outside world SES crews were flying and ferrying in supplies to the region's towns that have been cut off Terissa Angel and her family have been rescuing goats from their flooded 15,000-hectare property Terissa Angel, her husband Daniel and son Jack, have been in a "mad panic" to rescue animals stranded by flooding on their isolated 15,000-hectare property near Brewarrina. Ms O'Donohoe said SES volunteers were hard at work resupplying towns such as Brewarrina, which had been cut off by floodwaters. Remembrance determination Meanwhile, Brewarrina RSL sub-branch manager Steven Harding said locals were determined to gather for Remembrance Day on Friday as normal.

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