The fans are on full blast in Deborah Jones's ageing home, the mud and debris has been hosed from the floor and there's a skip outside filled with soaking mattresses.
These are the remnants of a home flooded unexpectedly in the tiny community of Myatt, where many families who lost everything may never entirely rebuild.
A major clean up effort is underway following a flash flood that inundated homes and businesses in the isolated town of Timber Creek and its outstations, in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie on December 23.