I still remember the sounds of the pile drivers as they constructed the “new buildings” for South Lismore Public School.

And when I say “new buildings”, the “new school” was opened in 1978, the year I started high school.… Read the rest

“Southies don’t run, mate”. Jack is quoted in today’s Sydney Morning Herald feature about the catastrophic Lismore floods, four months ago.

The heartwrenching article was written by Heath Gilmore, and the beautiful photograph of Jack and Sam was taken by Jacklyn Wagner.… Read the rest

Though I could be wrong, I think this is the only fully operational restaurant in Lismore’s CBD. You can get takeaway from a few different places, but Yings Chinese & Thai seems to be the only restaurant offering dine-in. … Read the rest

How frustrating must it be to be a flight attendant? In the front row of six, there were only two of us paying any attention to the flight attendant’s instructions for the emergency row.… Read the rest

“Walking around Lismore after the first flood, when there was still mud around and large piles of trashed furniture out on the street made sense of what happened. But it doesn’t make sense now”, I said to Noreen who runs the Duck Pond Espresso Coffee Shop in South Lismore.… Read the rest