“Do you have any advice, any tips for people here in Lismore for when the reporters and camera operators come knocking on doors at the end of February”, I asked Melissa Doyle, the former “Sunrise” co-host who was in Lismore on a tour promoting her new book, “Fifteen Seconds Of Brave”.… Read the rest “Telling Stories”

I took a walk around through some of the arcades and laneways of Lismore on the weekend. Eight months after the catastrophic flood, I was keen to see how the reconstruction of the arcades and laneways is going. Work on the main streets is slowly underway, and some shops have re-opened.… Read the rest “Aracades & Laneways”

In the days and weeks following the catastrophic flood, “hearts” started appearing on homes and businesses around Lismore.

Pretty quickly, they became a “thing”.

People began to sew them “professionally” to support fundraising.

And people started creating their own variations on the heart theme, to brighten the otherwise fairly desolate city views.… Read the rest “Lovemore”

You should never post anything to social media on a Friday night, I’ve recently concluded. There are far too many people with “opinions” that, perhaps, become a little more extreme at the end of the working week, and perhaps after a glass or two of something. I was reminded of this again last night, after posting to a Facebook group a video of the Lismore flood thankyou parade at the Lismore Show.… Read the rest “Thankyou Lismore”