By Dongyun Kwon
The SES Healesville Unit was busy with callouts for the rainy weather.
The unit had to respond to approximately 20 callouts from Tuesday 16 July to Thursday 18 July.
Healesville SES controller Karen Picone said the unit dealt with a few building damages but mainly fallen trees across roads.
“We’ve had one tree on a building of Worawa [Worawa Aboriginal College]. It was a very big gum tree coming down onto their laundry storeroom,” she said.
“There was a large tree on Chum Creek Road.
“We can’t cut down trees, so if trees are on the ground, we only cut them up with the chainsaws and remove them off the road.”
Ms Picone said all roads are clear from floodwater now but asked the local community not to drive through floodwater.
“Lilydale has had to rescue people out of floodwater, it puts our members at risk when we’re trying to save other people,” she said.
