Dodging giant potholes and getting bogged are all in a day’s work for Grenfell farmer Robert Grimm.
The central western NSW region of Australia has experienced some of its worst flooding in 70 years, with four natural disasters declared in the past 12 months.
And the rain has torn through more than just crops.
“The roads are just in an atrocious condition ranging from large sections … with potholes in them to collapsed culverts,” Grimm says.
They’re so damaged Weddin Shire Council has declared some closed, including the Grimm’s only way in and out of their property.
In other words, they’re officially stranded….