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Skye Swift was stuck in flood waters in the northern New South Wales town of Tweed Heads when she posted an urgent callout on social media requesting a boat ride to distribute essentials at her pharmacy.

We were all flooded out of the CBD," the pharmacist said. But Tuesday morning I woke up and thought, I want to be at work today'.