Adrift in a parallel universe: Lismore struggles to find itself after another flood

Residents starting to rebuild their lives and homes after February's floods are traumatised by the latest disasterGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe rainforest country of the northern rivers has long been a heartland of alternative thinking and lifestyles.But residents of Lismore say that when putrid flood waters inundated their homes and destroyed their businesses for the second time in a matter of weeks, it shattered any vestige of the idea of "normal" they had set for themselves, sending them adrift into what feels like a parallel universe. Continue reading...