Echuca residents are in a desperate race against the rising Murray River.
Locals and volunteers have been carting sandbags over the bridge, day and night.
The level of the Murray River has surpassed a 30 year high, and with the peak still yet to come, those outside the levee are paying the price for being on the wrong side of the street.
Now, up to 700 residents in both Echuca and Echuca village have been told to evacuate immediately.