Flood hits home twice in six months

Leeanda Angus is stunned after her Upper Orara home was hit by flooding for the second time in six months.

The Coffs Coast Advocate

As knee-deep floodwaters ran through their Upper Orara house yesterday, for the second time in six months, Josh Brown and Leeanda Angus made the big call – they’re outta’ there.

Sandbags did little to stop the path of a swollen creek that spread out across one kilometre of paddock before landing on their doorstep.

In a tale of unbelievable hard luck, the young couple had their kitchen replaced last week in the wake of the March 31 floods.

“We have got to go through it all again, we don’t have power and we can’t clean up until the insurance assessor comes,” Leeanda said.

The young mother, who is expecting her second child, comforted their three year son Olly.

“He wanted to help so much drawing rainbows to make the rain stop; poor little guy he was traumatised by the first flood.”