192 head of cattle washed away from same property as 'floating house'

Julia Driscoll
March 25 2021 - 3:00pm
This calf from Mondrook was washed up on Old Bar Beach during the floods. Photo: Dr Rob Brudar, Taree Veterinary Hospital
This calf from Mondrook was washed up on Old Bar Beach during the floods. Photo: Dr Rob Brudar, Taree Veterinary Hospital

Video footage of a cottage floating down the Manning River at Tinonee, near Taree, on the NSW Mid North Coast during floods went viral, and the tragic story of the couple living in it made international news.

Julia Driscoll

Julia Driscoll

Journalist

Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.

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