Emergency services worked alongside community groups, including the Seymour Football Netball Club.
Sergeant Heidi Twining from Seymour police said, at the time, that the clean-up effort was a credit to the many volunteer organisations that had been putting in extraordinary hours to help their community.
“The community spirit here has been absolutely amazing,” Sgt Twining said.
“The SES, CFA and particularly Seymour Football Netball Club.
“We’ve just been so pleased to see that this was the community’s response, and we encouraged that.
“These volunteer organisations showed what a good community we have and (that we) are so lucky.”
During the clean-up effort, Seymour Football Netball Club president Gerard O’Sullivan said the whole community played a crucial role in the volunteer effort.
“We gave the town a place to start with in terms of the clean-up crew,” Mr O’Sullivan said.
“It was a great community effort in conjunction with the football netball club.“
The club co-ordinated teams that worked from Sunday, October 16, 2022, to late Thursday, October 20, 2022, with a smaller group continuing on the Friday.
More than 200 volunteers gave up their time during a five-day period.
“I think by the end of the week, a lot of the debris had been cleared … we got a lot done,” Mr O’Sullivan said.
“Our volunteer contractors with their equipment — we couldn’t have got it done without them.
“It was an outstanding job by the guys with trucks and excavators.”
The Australian Defence Force and Mitchell Shire Council contractors continued the clean-up effort in the following weeks, as people looked towards repairing their homes.
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