Wildlife ER

In the wake of the Brisbane floods, the clinic is busy addressing the disaster’s impact on local wildlife. Among the patients, a baby kangaroo currently requires round‑the‑clock attention, while Karina works through the urgent waiting list of turtles awaiting care.

The series ‘Brisbane Floods’ is presented as a programme episode that centres on the response to a major flood event in Brisbane. It’s set around a veterinary clinic, which becomes the focal point of the story, showing how the facility copes with the challenges that arise after the waters recede. The episode frames the flood’s impact through the lens of the clinic’s daily operations. In the wake of the disaster, the clinic is shown tending to a newborn kangaroo that requires constant, round‑the‑clock attention. The young marsupial’s fragile condition means the staff don’t get a break, staying on site at all hours to provide the intensive care the flood has forced upon them. At the same time, Karina, one of the clinic’s team members, is busy addressing the backlog of turtles awaiting treatment, managing the waiting list with urgency. It’s therefore focusing on two parallel strands of the clinic’s workload: the uninterrupted supervision of the baby kangaroo and the systematic reduction of the turtle queue. By juxtaposing these responsibilities, the programme highlights how the staff balance immediate, intensive care with the longer‑term task of clearing the waiting list. Viewers get a clear picture of the pressures faced by the clinic as it strives to restore normalcy after the flood’s devastation.