Forbes may be swallowed by floodwaters but it hasn’t stopped the thirst of some women who paddled kayaks to the local pub for a beer.
The flood has devasted the town, but two local women are keeping spirits up by cruising through the submerged streets on their kayaks with fishing rods ready to catch anything that swam by.
Video shows the pair paddle down a main street towards the pub.
“Flick a few lures,” a man calls out to them from the pub’s balcony.
“Yeah she’s trolling, she’s trolling past the traffic lights.”
The two then beach their vessels and get themselves a bottle of beer each.
It was a light-hearted moment for a town that has been through a very tough few days, and has more hard times ahead.
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NSW SES spokesperson Ashley Sullivan said about 500 homes are on evacuation orders in Forbes.
“Until that water recedes and we can get in and do those damage assessments we’re not going to know the full impact but this is a significant flood for Forbes,” Sullivan said.
“It has inundated many properties here in Forbes and there is more to come as this river continues to rise in the next couple of days.
This major flood peak is forecast to pass through Cottons Weir during Saturday evening and will be at levels not seen since 1952.
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“The risk has not abated in relation to the amount of water that is in our river systems,” Cooke said.
