On the afternoon of Thursday 5 October, just after 4 pm, SES Chelsea Unit was paged to assist the SES Upper Yarra Unit, with our Pump Trailer.
They were asked to head to the Doon Reserve Caravan Park, where three properties had been isolated by flood waters, and some essential infrastructure was also flooding.
Green Team members, Ria, Ron, and Ian, were soon on the road with the pump trailer in tow.
The Yarra River which runs alongside the park had overflowed into the grounds.
On arrival, they set up a number of pumps, and soon were moving almost half a million litres of water every hour.
The pump trailer and pumps with the Upper Yarra Team to finish the job.
Residents that had become marooned were able to get out of their properties.
