Late January of 2013 saw large swathes of Queensland drenched under ex-tropical cyclone Oswald. As it traced south along the coastline, many settlements faced an impending fate similar to that suffered, in most cases, only two years prior.
For those in the small Lockyer Valley town of Laidley, two years of recovery effort washed away on another topsoil tide. Homes and businesses filled with a black sludge which had only recently graced rich farmland upstream. The gumboot army quick to shift into gear.