Victoria floods: nervous night in Shepparton but Goulburn River peaks lower than expected

With flood waters lapping at the sandbags, Carol Adams keeps an eye on the levels in Shepparton, Victoria after the river peak on Monday morning. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

When Carol Adams went to bed on Sunday night at her home in Shepparton North, she wasn’t sure if she would wake to flood waters breaching the sandbags lining her driveway.

“I didn’t go to sleep until 4am,” she said. “I couldn’t go anywhere, where am I going to go? I’ve got a dog, and four cats, and my brother-in-law out the back.”