After escaping a bloody civil war to Australia, Sierra Leonean refugees in Lismore had to pick up the pieces again after last year's devastating floods.
A year on from Lismore's devastating floods the community has paused to reflect, reviving painful memories for many exhausted residents still waiting to have a permanent home again.
As their battered town still deals with the devastation of February's floods, Lismore locals were given a spirit-lifting visit by NSW's State of Origin team.
Residents of Lismore, the epicentre of unprecedented flood devastation earlier in the year, have blamed authorities in the first hearing of a public inquiry.
