FAMILY PONDERS ITS NEXT MOVE
A TOWNSVILLE man says he’s “undecided” whether he will stay in the city after floodwaters inundated his family’s home.
Idalia resident Peter Walters said the water came up about half a metre inside his Riverwood Drive home, which he and his wife and daughter evacuated from on Saturday.
Mr Walters said he “never” expected his house would flood.
“I was just devastated, lost two cars … and my work gear with all my tools in it,” he said.
“We put things up on our beds, hoping that would be high enough, but we’ve lost photos, memorabilia, kid’s portraits … it’s gone.”
Mr Walters said he was a born and bred Townsville local but wasn’t sure if he’d stay in the city after this.
“Undecided yet. Just trying to find somewhere to live first and we’ll go from there,” he said. “We went and had a look at a couple of houses on Friday and we went to one house and there’s 30 people looking at one house; it’s terrible.”
Mr Walters said after “many a sleepless night” his first priority was getting his family settled again.
“We’re staying at the mother-in-law’s at the moment, me and my wife and my daughter … so it’s just the three of us but we’re staying on the floor on single mattresses,” he said.
“There’s a lot probably worse out there,” he said.