00:00It's a vast country out here, with sunsets that'll take your breath away.
00:14Wildflowers dot the drive, 11 hours west of Brisbane, as we make our way to Adavail.
00:21Four months ago, the town was swamped by an inland sea.
00:26We were just hit with a wall of water after a bomb of rain.
00:30Were you scared?
00:31Yes, yes, yes I was scared.
00:33Christina Zito's cafe was shut for two months while she cleaned up.
00:38Cake and coffee is now back on the menu.
00:40Here you go, that's your orange cake.
00:42But there's still so much more to be done.
00:45So underneath the building, the stumps have been compromised, so the house needs restumping.
00:51Where'd the water come up to?
00:52Well the water came up to here.
00:54The local publican was away during the floods, but returned to a muddy mess.
00:59I saw devastation, because there was rubbish everywhere.
01:03I saw the two toilet blocks out the back of the pub, basically blown away by the water.
01:09But he loves the history of this place, and is not convinced by talk of moving the town.
01:15I personally probably don't really want to move.
01:18I don't know if it'd be the same up on a hill.
01:21But the idea is being investigated, with the council waiting on a report looking into the costs.
01:27Where we're standing here was above our heads of water at the end of the day.
01:31Heidi Cowley hopes they do relocate, for the sake of the kids.
01:35We don't want to put all our blood, sweat and tears and money and everything into rebuilding down here.
01:40If they turn around and go, oh no we're going to move you up there.
01:43Floods in undated towns and farms too.
01:46Latest surveys suggest 110,000 cattle, sheep and goats perished.
01:52Another 106,000 are still missing.
01:558,500 kilometres of fencing was damaged.
02:00But life is returning to the land, while the people wait for answers on their future.
02:05Council keeps saying it's just move on with your life, but how do you do that when there's so much uncertainty?
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