Woolgoolga, or 'Woopi' as the locals call it, boasts the largest regional Sikh settlement in Australia - half the population is Sikh and 90 per cent of the families own banana farms.
Farmer Iqbal Singh Grewal has worked on his banana plantation for more than three decades and said he had never seen damage that bad.
"We've been through a few storms before, but this is the worst one," he said.
Source - http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/06/07/farmers-northern-nsw-vow-recover-devastating-storm