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Australian Reptile Park closed, community events postponed and traffic delayed due to heavy rainfall

Simon McCarthy
Updated January 17 2020 - 9:42pm, first published 8:00pm
STAY: Australian Reptile Park keepers stood guard at the edge of the alligator lagoon as flood waters rose and cheeky inhabitants pressed noses up to the fence. Eight days earlier, staff had prepared for nearby bushfires. Photos: Australian Reptile Park
STAY: Australian Reptile Park keepers stood guard at the edge of the alligator lagoon as flood waters rose and cheeky inhabitants pressed noses up to the fence. Eight days earlier, staff had prepared for nearby bushfires. Photos: Australian Reptile Park

It was only a week ago that Australian Reptile Park director Tim Faulkner was calling daily meetings with his team to prepare as bushfires bore down just eight kilometres away.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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