On Saturday afternoon, among the chaos and bedlam of the Broken River rising and tourists coming to gawk at the water, a normal sound echoed above everything in Shepparton.
It was possibly the most iconic Saturday morning sound: the buzz of a lawnmower.
Brian Pethybridge was mowing shin-high grass on the river side of Broken River Dve, across the road from his house, as tourists walked past what may be a once-in-a-lifetime flood.
“It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon and it’s a Saturday afternoon job,” Mr Pethybridge said.
Mowing grass which was 12 hours later submerged by rising water, Mr Pethybridge said he was worried about snakes and was just keeping on.
“I’m not too worried about the water getting into my house,” he said.
“We should be all good. I give it a mow every little while.”