Mullumbimby is a floodplain. Every time we have a heavy downpour I am up and down through the night, checking if the water is covering the road, and rising water. In one way I was a bit lucky in February 2022, I checked early and was able to roll up my carpets and put a few other items up higher.
My electrical equipment was wrecked by the 60cm of mud and floodwater through my home. In the east end of Mullumbimby, every home had a big pile of furniture, etc. that had had to be discarded (thank goodness for volunteers).
All the runoff from any rainfall goes onto private property at 75 New City Road. On that fateful day, the water had nowhere to go and I was informed by a neighbour it all came back to flood the homes on the east of Mullumbimby. Another pointed out that we live on an Island. When we have lots of rain, Kings Creek, Saltwater Creek and the Brunswick River join up. And of course if there is a king tide it does not help in Ann Street. This land is the first to flood, does Byron Council not care about existing residents being flooded?
What prompted my communication was reading Councillor Ndiaye’s comments on the devastating flood – how has anything been done to help us flood victims regarding infrastructure?
For two years I have been in touch with Council and have been to every flood meeting and people say they will be in touch, but still nothing after all this time.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
