A family who were trapped in their rainforest cabin without power or reception for four days were forced to hike their way to safety with a three-month-old baby and two sons, aged four and two.
James and Lauren Archer knew it was time to pack up and leave their home in Upper Lansdowne, on the NSW mid-north coast, when catastrophic floods swept through the region in late March, washing away houses and roads.
The father-of-three told Daily Mail Australia that the only way out of the property was via a bridge he crafted from stray planks during the deluge.
When conditions finally eased on the fourth day, the couple told four-year-old Jack and two-year-old Kai that they were going on an adventure , strapped three-month-old Liam into a baby carrier, gathered their belongings and began to walk.