Man's hilariously Aussie response to rising flood water
An Australian man has gone viral for his laid back response to flood waters rising around him, as Queensland continues to be ravaged by Cyclone Jasper.
Gavin Dear, a man from the flood-stricken town of Helensvale, and two of his friends took off in his boat to help stranded locals who were displaced from the floods.
While filming their rescue mission, the men came across Jonesy, a grey-haired shirtless man who was clinging to a gate as flood waters raced around him.
In a clip shared to Facebook, a voice from behind the camera asked, "Jonesy, are you all right?"
"Yeah mate. All good," Jonesy responded casually before raising concerns about others in danger nearby.
When the men assured Jonesy his neighbours were safe, they asked him again if he needed assistance, to which he said, "Yeah nah mate, bloody fine."
Hundreds of social media users flocked to the comments section to express their praise for the Aussie larrikin.
"There's no possible way this could be any more Far North Queensland," one said.
"I think that was the most Australian moment since the first ever utterance of G'day," another wrote.
"Surrounded by utter chaos, waist deep in flood water, chopper evac in the background, worried about the other blokes and a dog and saying 'yeah, I'm all good'."
Others were quick to label the man "a bloody legend" for worrying about his community despite being half underwater himself.
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