In the immediate hours and days after a deadly flash flood destroyed most of Eugowra, in the NSW Central West, there was a sense that the town could not come back from such a disaster.
But something in the town of 700 people has shifted since the flood swept through on Monday morning.
With each day that passes there is a growing sense of optimism that the people of Eugowra will stick around and rebuild, and businesses will open up again.
