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Laine Clark

Town overcomes setbacks to welcome flood evacuees

Two ADF Chinook helicopters have been bringing evacuees and resources to Cooktown (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE)

Beds may have been scarce, supermarket shelves bare and the water supply "dwindling".

But the far north Queensland town of Cooktown still opened its arms to people fleeing floodwaters at Aboriginal community Wujal Wujal.

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