In October 2019 I was asked to join an operation reconnaissance trip (ORT) to Casino NSW with Team Rubicon Australia (TRA) regarding the firestorm that had hit Rappville in the first week of October. I had no idea what an ORT was but when I was told it was near Casino...
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Every time I put on a ‘Team Rubicon Australia’ (now DRA) shirt I am humbled by the fact that I am about to be surrounded by the best men and women this country has to offer. It just so happens that they are also putting on a Team Rubicon Australia shirt. I am...
You’d have to be living under a rock at the back of a deep cave to not know about our bushfire crisis this summer. The whole world is talking about it. As a city-dweller I felt isolated from the experience that those in the thick of it were having. I really...
I first heard about Team Rubicon Australia, (now Disaster Relief Australia) through friends who had gone on deployments. I am not a veteran but I really wanted to ‘give it a go’ and help out those less fortunate than me. Even though I am a civilian, I felt really...
Foreword by Disaster Relief Australia CEO Geoff Evans Operation Bayanihan (named after a Filipino custom derived from “bayan”, which means nation, town or community), achieved its intended dual aims of fostering relationships to facilitate rapid entry into the...
