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Mother's ashes lost in flood turn up in floodwaters a year later

Sarah Falson
Updated March 18 2022 - 2:13pm, first published March 17 2022 - 11:00am
St Albans herdspeople Suzi's and Corey's boat in floodwaters with (inset) the urn of ashes they found belonging to Michael Hedger's mother. Pictures: Supplied and St Albans Community NSW Australia/Facebook
St Albans herdspeople Suzi's and Corey's boat in floodwaters with (inset) the urn of ashes they found belonging to Michael Hedger's mother. Pictures: Supplied and St Albans Community NSW Australia/Facebook

"It could only happen at St Albans ... memories are made of this," wrote a Facebook user when the ashes belonging to a local man's dead mother turned up in flood waters - a year after being washed away in a previous flood.

Sarah Falson

Sarah Falson

Journalist, ACM

Daily Liberal journalist. I love telling people's stories. Get in touch at sarah.falson@austcommunitymedia.com.au