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Gallery | Pictures from Echuca Moama’s flood crisis

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Guardians: Members of the Australian Defence Force helped reinforce the sandbag wall along Campaspe Esplanade against floodwaters. Photo: Bransen Gibson

Riverine Herald journalist Bransen Gibson was across Echuca and Moama catching the action as the towns brace for floodwaters heading down the Murray River. All photos by Bransen Gibson.

Working hard: Hundreds of people were at the sandbagging station at Kerferd St, Echuca as the region braces for heavy flooding. Photo: Bransen Gibson Photo by Bransen Gibson
Helping hand: Members of the Australian Defence Force unload sandbags along High St in Echuca. Photo: Bransen Gibson
Lifeline: A police car leads a convoy of cars across Ogilvie Ave on Sunday night. The road was closed for a majority of the day, leaving people cut off from parts of Echuca. Photo: Bransen Gibson
Last line of defence: An excavator works to build a new levee along Bowen St in Echuca, part of the two kilometres of wall that is being built to help protect the town. Photo: Bransen Gibson
Barrier: A row of sandbags atop the levee along the oval at Echuca Primary School. Photo: Bransen Gibson
Frontline: A CFA member walks along Campaspe Esplanade next to a wall of sandbags built to help protect homes. Photo: Bransen Gibson Photo by Bransen Gibson
Getting ready: Rows and rows of sandbags have been piled up in front of homes in Echuca East. Photo: Bransen Gibson
Anything will do: Pillowcases and stock feed bags have been used to help top up sandbag walls when hessian bags have been in short supply. Photo: Bransen Gibson Photo by Bransen Gibson
protection: A members of the Australian Defence Force stacks a sandbag along a wall near Beechworth Bakery on High St, Echuca. Photo: Bransen Gibson Photo by Bransen Gibson
Stockpile: Some of the thousands of sandbags that have been made over the past few days set to be laid along a wall near Echuca Primary School. Photo: Bransen Gibson
Shield: An excavator helps build a section of the heightened levee that will help protect homes in Echuca. Photo: Bransen Gibson