ALL roads to Doomadgee remained closed, but it's nothing new for residents.
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Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council chief executive Jannene Graham said residents had been unable to use the roads for over a week.
Ms Graham said residents prepared for the wet season and flooded roads and knew it was an annual occurrence.
She said the Burke Shire Council had brought in urgent supplies for the community's aged-care facilities by boat, while mail was delivered by air.
Ms Graham said it was not known when the roads would reopen.
``Doomadgee can often get stuck in for months,'' she said.
Ms Graham said often there would be a couple of days when the roads would reopen, but then close again.
``Last year and the year before, it was up and down, up and down,'' she said.
Ms Graham confirmed there were a handful of residents who had left Doomadgee for a funeral who were unable to return until the water levels dropped.
The Doomadgee Retail Store, owned by the Queensland government, has an extensive bulk storage facility to prepare for the trucks not being able to access the community.
Retail Stores spokesman Eoin Quinlivan said the state government had plans in place for each wet season when roads to the community flooded.
Mr Quinlivan said before the wet season, four to five months' worth of supplies were brought into Doomadgee.
When trucks can no longer access Doomadgee via road, perishables including fruit and vegetables, fresh milk and smallgoods are brought in by air.
``Doomadgee has only really been cut off the last week. We got a truck in last Tuesday. The truck is still there. It can't get out until the water levels drop,'' Mr Quinlivan said.
He said another truck was scheduled to leave Brisbane for Doomadgee today but the supplies would instead be flown in from Cairns and would arrive in Doomadgee today or tomorrow.
The Burke Shire Council advised yesterday Savannah Way and Doomadgee Road were closed to all vehicles yesterday.