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When pharmacist Skye Swift put a callout to her flooded community to ferry her to town, we’ll bet she didn’t expect to see surf legend Mick Fanning rock up on a jet ski.
The Murwillumbah pharmacist needed to head through floodwaters to open up shop in case anyone in the embattled community needed urgent medication.
She was met with multiple volunteers to help her get to her pharmacy, using a convoy of boats, four-wheel drives, and one surfing legend.
Skye's brother, Anthony Piggott, told Nine News that his sister was 'determined to serve the Murwillumbah community'.
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"She put her challenge to the locals, who enthusiastically responded,” he said.
"In a collective effort she arrived at her pharmacy with the assistance of two men in a tinny, several 4WDs and also on the back of world champion Mick Fanning's jet ski.”
The 40-year-old triple world surf champion has been lauded as an Aussie hero after helping Swift get to work, with radio host Jim Wilson tweeting: “How about mighty Mick, that’s the Aussie spirit right there.”
At least nine people have died in the floods across northern NSW and southern Queensland.
Fanning's neighbourly gesture isn't the only mind-blowing story to come out of Australia's flood crisis in recent days.
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In Lismore, where 62,000 people were impacted by floodwaters, residents and emergency services worked to evacuate stranded neighbours including a 93-year-old woman who was trapped inside her home.
She was found lying on a floating mattress with just 20cm between her and the ceiling.
She was pulled from her home on a boogie board, through an open window and onto a rescue boat.
NSW police minister Paul Toole said this incredible rescue was just one example of the courage shown by residents, emergency services, and volunteers.
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“There are dozens of similar stories across all emergency services personnel working alongside members of the public to save lives,” he said.
“This is the true meaning of community, and I am thankful to every police officer, every volunteer, every community member who has helped. There is no doubt in my mind that these acts of bravery have saved countless lives.”
In another example of Aussie heroism, a team of four Sikhs have drove more than 1,600km across Australia to feed families in devastated communities that have been reeling following severe flooding in northern NSW.
They left Victoria at 6am and arrived at their destination at 4am the following day. They have been preparing fresh meals for Lismore ever since.
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Jaswinder Singh from Sikh Volunteers Australia told the ABC that the team will be based at Woolgoolga Sikh temple and will cook 1,500 meals for those in need.
"We are cooking curry and rice because that is the fastest thing we can make," he said.
"We are working with our local contacts to move safely around the region. We want to deliver meals to Lismore, Grafton and Woodburn."
Rachel Lang