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Gallery: Steve and Bransen’s photos

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Step by step: The Murray River climbed to the top step of the Echuca kiosk on Saturday. Photo by Steve Huntley

Riverine Herald’s Steve Huntley and Bransen Gibson photographed these images of the Echuca-Moama flood situation over the weekend.

Wet, wet, wet: The floodwaters near the Echuca-Moama Visitor Information Centre yesterday. Photo by Steve Huntley
Drenched: The view looking from west to east across the Murray yesterday. Photo by Steve Huntley
Treading carefully: Water surrounds both sides of the walking path in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley
Rare: The water flowing backwards into the Murray River yesterday near the aquatic centre in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley
Support: Peter Parkes, David Hall, Chris Greenwood, Chris Rath, Dan Ginnan and Matt Currey. All six are from Cairns in North Queensland. Photo by Steve Huntley
History in the making: The waterfall in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley
Caught: This Murray Cod bobbed his head out of the water to say g’day. Photo by Steve Huntley
A closer look: Members of the public looking at the floodwater in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley
Busy: Private Madigan from the Australian Defence Force stacking sandbags on Saturday. Photo by Steve Huntley
Team effort: Members of the ADF filling sandbags. Photo by Steve Huntley
Creeping higher: The Murray River level in relation to the Echuca kiosk on Saturday. Photo by Steve Huntley
A view: A look from the Echuca kiosk back towards Watson St and the levee. Photo by Steve Huntley
Dry: No fuel pumps at the United Service Station on the Northern Hwy. Photo by Steve Huntley
Idle: A tinnie and the Mary-Ann a stone’s throw from the footpath in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley
Getting closer: Members of the public walk along the footpath as the Murray River slowly creeps higher in Echuca. Photo by Steve Huntley
Community effort: Dozens of people were helping build and reinforce the sandbag wall running along the Campaspe River behind High St, Echuca. Photo by Bransen Gibson
Team effort: Some of the people helping fill sandbags at Echuca Village on Saturday. Photo by Bransen Gibson
Stern warning: A sign that has been put up in front of homes in Echuca Village. Photo by Bransen Gibson
Anything will do: Pillow cases and plastic bags were just some of the things being filled with sand at Echuca Village to help protect the area against floodwaters. Photo by Bransen Gibson
Inundated: Floodwaters have submerged some of the playground near the Soundshell in Moama. Photo by Bransen Gibson
Repurposing: Cement trucks have been used to help fill sandbags across the region, with two trucks topping up bags in Echuca Village on Saturday. Photo by Bransen Gibson