Barwon River flood transforms tiny border town of Mungindi after drought, COVID and fire
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Mungindi's current landscape (right) is vastly difference to last September's (left).
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For the past 12 months, Mungindi residents have had little to smile about.
Prolonged drought had run the Barwon River dry and drawn hundreds of skinny kangaroos into town searching for "a skerrick" of grass or water.
Now the arrival of floodwaters from the east — after weeks of decent rainfall — has residents daring to believe their luck has turned.
"People have good water in the paddocks, they've got water in their crops and they're starting to see some positive outcomes," said Mungindi Progress Association president, Leslie Carley.