Floodwaters in Far North Queensland are starting to recede, but new assessments of the damage show how tough the recovery effort will be. Huge parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria region remain under water making it impossible for some evacuated residents to return. For those who stayed, the flooding and closed roads have made it difficult to deliver supplies to stranded residents. Feeding hungry cattle that survived has become a priority for the Queensland Government, and one estimate says 40-50,000 cattle are missing. Local businesses say there’s been mass cancellations for the upcoming tourist season – the irony is the floods will likely make for epic barramundi fishing… Across the country, the popular Danggu and Bandilngan national parks in Western Australia’s Kimberley will not reopen this year following January’s damaging floods. Tourism operators were hoping for a bumper season after pandemic restrictions were lifted, but that’s not how 2023 is shaping up…