Floods strand 181 families for month on islands in the middle of NSW

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated November 5 2016 - 11:28am, first published September 30 2016 - 11:45am
NSW SES crews prepare to transport communication equipment to outlying areas surrounding Forbes  Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW SES crews prepare to transport communication equipment to outlying areas surrounding Forbes Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW SES volunteers deliver food and supplies to the Alcorn family on their property in Jemalong who have been cut off by floodwater.  Photo: John Townsend, SES
NSW SES volunteers deliver food and supplies to the Alcorn family on their property in Jemalong who have been cut off by floodwater. Photo: John Townsend, SES
A flooded Forbes street as more rain begins to fall.   Photo: Wolter Peeters
A flooded Forbes street as more rain begins to fall. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW SES volunteers deliver food and supplies to the Alcorn family on their property in Jemalong Photo:  John Townsend
NSW SES volunteers deliver food and supplies to the Alcorn family on their property in Jemalong Photo: John Townsend
A flooded Newell Highway cuts off Forbes and West Wyalong. Photo: Wolter Peeters
A flooded Newell Highway cuts off Forbes and West Wyalong. Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW SES crews fill sandbags at SES headquarters in Forbes in preparation for the rain that is expected to fall in the coming days.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
NSW SES crews fill sandbags at SES headquarters in Forbes in preparation for the rain that is expected to fall in the coming days. Photo: Wolter Peeters

It is the chocolate they miss the most, the families, burdened with restless children and the anger of seeing their crops washed away, stranded for up to a month on inland islands in the middle of NSW.

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