Sandy Willcott News Today

The couple’s property backs on to Retreat Creek, which they watched rise rapidly throughout the morning. “We’re stranded and we can’t go anywhere except up Graves Hill,” she said. “It’s a little scary. We could be in trouble but we’re prepared to evacuate.” Mrs Willcott said she woke at midnight to pouring rain, thunder and lightning. The rain gauge was already full at 130mm when she checked it at 3am on Wednesday, March 17. Retreat Creek floods m...