After a hellish week, flood-hit NSW towns take their first small steps towards normality

Eugowra publican John Den serves a beer to locals as the flood-ravaged NSW town continues cleanup. Photograph: Chris Knaus/The Guardian

Don McKenna leans against the counter of Eugowra’s flood-ravaged pub, cold beer in hand, and sums up a hellish week.

“The last flood they had here was in 2010,” he says. “That was a disaster. This is a fucking disaster. I can’t believe there are not more people dead.”