“Who was that?”, I asked a relative working on cleaning up our family homes. He had just taken a phone call from a charity asking for donations to assist survivors of the floods.… Read the rest “Flood Paperwork”
Tag: lismore flood 2022
In 2022, my beautiful hometown of Lismore (and surrounds) suffered the worst flood in recorded history. These posts describe what happened to my family, and my observations as the town began to rebuild. They’re in reverse chronological order, so go to the bottom to see the first post.
“A lot of people in the homes we’ve visited just stand and stare into space”, one of the volunteers working on the flood recovery in Lismore told me today.… Read the rest “The cleanup continues in Lismore”
I didn’t expect to see half a dozen people arriving at the door of our house in South Lismore today. I’m home helping clean up our family home which has been devastated by the record-breaking flood which saw water reach up to two metres inside the two-story house.… Read the rest “Cleaning up home after the Lismore Flood”
“You say you’re going tomorrow, but your ticket says Sunday”, was the overnight message from my friend Sue. We share each other’s flight details on Tripit, in the event one of us comes to an untimely end.… Read the rest “Flying Home”
It’s late Monday afternoon and I’m thankful my family are safe and sound.
They don’t have any power, they don’t have any food, and they don’t have any clothes.… Read the rest “My Beautiful Lismore”
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