Therese and friends had no idea what was to come. In 2017, it came to the bottom of the mango tree.” “In the five years we’ve been here, the highest flood came to the bottom of the garden. “On Sunday, February 27, were having drinks with friends sitting on the deck overlooking the river,” Therese said.

This year, floodwater went up the walls of the top floor of their home. The previous owner told them floodwaters had gone into the ground floor. Therese and Alan Schier’s two storey house on Gilby St sits up high on the riverbank with views of the Richmond River. Others had their homes inundated and are still repairing and cleaning their houses. People in some low-lying Casino streets had to be evacuated by boat. “Casino doesn’t flood,” they said.īusinesses on Walker St had water come into the shops.

In the days after the floods, people were in disbelief. And while Casino fared better than most towns, people in low lying areas and next to the river were hit hard. The flood early this year was like no other. There were floods in 1954, 1974, 2017 and many other years. The Northern Star newspaper article Floods submerge Casino shows that floods are not new to the region. The police were already at a place about six miles up the river from Casino using a punt hastily knocked together the day before to rescue several people from refuge in trees. ABOVE: Therese Schier sits at the top of her garden overlooking the Richmond River in Casino.Ī telegram was received from Casino, stating that the township was under water and that boats were needed to save lives.

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