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And the clean-up begins … Katie Shields hard at work in the main pool yesterday\u00a0(Photos: Goomeri Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Water tears past the Goomeri Pool on the Australia Day weekend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 14, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite a massive post-flood clean-up by Gympie council staff and operators Katie and Mark Shields, Goomeri Swimming Pool will remain closed for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

The pool complex, located in Moore Street, has suffered extensive damage to its canteen, fences and grounds.<\/p>\n

Katie told southburnett.com.au<\/strong>\u00a0today she received a call at midnight on Australia Day warning her the pool might soon be flooded.<\/p>\n

She went down and managed to the turn the pumps off before the floodwaters hit.<\/p>\n

By Sunday morning, the water was rising quickly and it was simply too dangerous to try to save anything from the canteen.<\/p>\n

Katie said the water was flowing so strongly the fences around the pool complex were flattened.<\/p>\n

The 25m main pool and the small wading pool were left filled with debris and mud.<\/p>\n

Because of damage to drains in Goomeri, the pools could not be emptied until yesterday to allow the main clean-up to begin.<\/p>\n

“Gympie Council have been very good, doing what they can to help,” Katie said.<\/p>\n

“They sent down a crew to shovel the silt and scrub the pools out.”<\/p>\n

But unfortunately for Katie – and an employee who has lost his job – the damage is so severe that the pool cannot re-open now until September.<\/p>\n

“There is still stacks and stacks of mud,” Katie said.<\/p>\n

Normally the summer season runs until April 30 which means she has lost more than two months of income.<\/p>\n

And because Katie does not own the business – and did not pay for the clean-up – she does not qualify for the small business flood recovery payments available under the Federal\/State natural disaster arrangements, although she believes she may qualify for a small payment from Centrelink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The power of the floodwaters pushed over fences which will now have to be replaced<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
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A layer of mud and silt was deposited throughout the complex<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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BEFORE: The wading pool and the main 25m pool were both left filled with mud and debris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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AFTER: Council workers used acid and high-pressure cleaners to clean the walls of the pools but the damage to the rest of the complex is too severe to allow it to be re-opened<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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