Neptunus Rex wrote:
I would think that an ADF helo with an experienced QHI and crew should do. His minder and the press can fly in another cab.
Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) area director Daryl Camp said Tully Heads and Hull Heads were isolated with water 80cm deep across the road in some parts.
"Another 20 homes in Cardwell have been flooded, so we're up to about 30," he said this morning.
"If we keep getting this rain, I'm sure there will be more in the region." Mission Beach, Bingle Bay and Cardwell were isolated overnight but police advised that roads re-opened this morning.
Police considered evacuating Tully Heads yesterday but a decision was made to drop 1000 sandbags instead so locals could protect their homes.
An EMQ helicopter is being used to drop medical supplies to residents in rural properties in Ellerbeck and in the Aboriginal community of Jumbun.
Mr Camp said Locals in cut-off areas in the Cassowary Coast Council were calling for food and fuel.
HRH is a chellywopter jockey. Reckon he could make a real difference, even for just a few days. He's probably not a PPruner so won't read this, pity.