Community members from our twin towns have had a busy week as flood waters test the towns’ levees. Sand bagging crews in both Koondrook and Barham have been stockpiling the hot commodity. At the Gannawarra Shire Council depot on Tuesday night, 48 tons of sand filled 3,500 bags in 90 minutes amongst a flurry of community volunteers. 2,000 of those sandbags were palletised to be moved to protect town infrastructure and a donation of 4,000 additional bags for community members by Elders in Barham resulted in a further 1,500 filled before the sand ran out.

Flood meetings were held on Wednesday in Cohuna, Koondrook and Barham to pr