As flood waters recede, disaster weary Windsor residents confront the remnants of lives upturned again

Abigail Woods cleans her family's downstairs basement in Windsor which was inundated by flood water this week. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

On a Windsor street backing on to the Hawkesbury River, a worn out man in hi-vis carries a box of Who Gives a Crap toilet paper on his shoulder.

“Who gives a crap!” his mate teases. “Who gives a shit!”