The hunter took his knife from his coat. "Summer," her voice echoed. "Blackberries. Trout. Dredging his flanks across river pebbles." 'd have liked," she said later, back in the cabin as he built ...

Maitland was next, and the worst hit, with witnesses telling the ABC they heard loud explosions as the Hunter River burst its banks before a torrent of water swept away everything in its path.