Flooding across the state’s north and west blocks roads and cuts off towns at a time of year when so many are on holidays
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Over the weekend, Narelle Hetherington got a call from a couple planning a more than 1,000km trip across Queensland. The drive would see them pass through Winton, where Hetherington runs a motel – the couple wanted a room.
“I’m like, ‘mate, the roads are all cut off out here’,” Hetherington says.