Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland) (15:43):Thank you to the surf lifesavers of Cooks Hill. I agree with a recent Facebook post by the club, "You vollies are TRULY amazing!!" Dan Solomon, Adrian Henry, Sam Murland and Matt Lintott all answered the call for volunteers and made their way to Maitland recently to assist with our flood crisis. They positioned themselves at Lambs Valley Way to ferry flooded residents across the waters back to the safety of the mainland. Shaleigh Lennox was also on the ground at Maitland, having been on standby at Singleton. Thanks so much to these volunteers. As an MP who represents an electorate with no beach, I am always grateful for the care and concern that surf lifesavers show to my constituents when they do get to the beach. But they also stood up to assist students, workers and other residents who needed to leave their homes and ensured that they were able to do so without tying up precious SES resources during the catastrophic flooding across the State at that time. I thank them very much for going the many extra miles to help my community where we needed it: at our homes.