Nick Lake, owner of the Hotel Metropole in downtown Lismore, had new carpet laid on the first floor of his venue on the Thursday before the Wilsons River inundated the town.
A week on, it’s all been ripped up and thrown out the window into the laneway below.
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Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com
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