00:00So we were on our way to Corakay from Lismore, there's some major flooding going on down
00:07there along the Richmond River and on the way we ran into Marram Creek cattle farmer
00:13Tony Ripon and we pulled over and he was saying don't go that way, you won't be able to get
00:18through the Corakay anyway but we got chatting and he's here actually drafting his cattle.
00:23This is his property, it's completely inundated with water.
00:28He said that he had plenty of time to move his cattle out, they were here last week he
00:33moved them up to higher ground so they're all good, he shares cattle with his father.
00:38He's brought some of them back here into these yards to draft them, basically getting ready
00:43for the week ahead.
00:44So operations are kind of normal for Tony Ripon at the moment, he's drafting these cattle
00:51ready for sale.
00:52He got a phone call during our interview as well, the casino sales are going ahead on
00:57Wednesday and I asked him why is that so significant and he basically said we're getting
01:01back to normal.
01:02He said the flood levels here are receding, the cattle are in pretty good condition, if
01:07that water recedes as well that is a good thing in terms of his cattle having enough
01:12feed.
01:13But things are doing okay, especially considering he experienced the 2022 floods and he was
01:20just thankful that he had enough notice to prepare.
01:232022 was devastating, I mean I saw plenty out there but we're on the edge of it and
01:28we got our cattle out and got out of it, the devastation out here with the cattle was unbelievable,
01:32whole herds went.
01:34So this has been, we started shifting cattle Wednesday and the water didn't come until
01:39Friday so we had days, so although we got pushed around a bit in the wind, it was nowhere
01:45near 2022, it was just off the Richter.
01:49It was very slow moving and it was a little bit like, is it really coming?
01:53And then the rain started, but we had days and days and days to handle everything, it
01:57was pretty good this time.
01:58So Marram Creek isn't far from Lismore, we were expecting about 15 to 50 mils to fall
02:03today, a lot of the rivers in the area were going down, there was a bit of concern that
02:08they might swell up again because of the rain, it's been really on and off all day but as
02:12Tony Rippon, the farmer that I just spoke to before put it, as long as the waters continue
02:17to recede and there's not much heavy rainfall to come, they should be, I guess in a nutshell,
02:24out of the woods.
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