Outback publican finds hostelry coated in mud as residents return to tiny Queensland outpost after flooding

Avadale's one police officer says damage is heartbreaking but locals are resilient - They'll get it done'

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When Koss Siwers returned to his pub in outback Queensland nothing was where he left it and pretty much everything was coated with mud.

Residents of Adavale, 900km west of Brisbane, have started coming back to the tiny outpost after evacuations forced by widespread flooding.