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Marathon effort for 100km charity paddle through flood-affected New South Wales towns

Thirty people have completed a gruelling three-day paddle covering 100 kilometres through north coast communities still recovering from the 2022 flooding disaster. 

They called themselves the "boaty boys", and many of them were involved in the civilian-led "tinny army" rescues in February 2022 in Lismore and the downstream communities of Coraki, Woodburn, and Wardell.

The Lennox Head-based group organised the three-day paddle on the Wilsons and Richmond rivers.

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