As the first day of term four dawned, the teachers of the Bedgerabong Public School were climbing into a Rural Fire Service truck for their commute through flood-affected Central West New South Wales.
RFS volunteers have been ferrying the three educators and principal of the 39-student school to and from work for two months.
Teacher Kate Hanns said it was "definitely worth it" for the novelty and safety of traversing potholes and culverts in a truck.