by DRA | Apr 23, 2022 | Community Stories, Operation Kelliher Reflection
The floods caught us. They caught everybody by surprise. The magnitude and the speed with which the flood came up; the hundred-year flood is nothing compared to this one. We were awake all night. We’d put our heads down for ten minutes and then jump up to see where...
by DRA | Apr 21, 2022 | Community Stories, Corporate Volunteering, Operation Kelliher Reflection
Today was really rewarding and a big eye-opener seeing how much was destroyed in the floods. It’s one thing hearing about it – but seeing it is completely different! When we first arrived at a homeowner’s house, we thought “this is a huge job, how...
by DRA | Mar 10, 2022 | Community Stories, Operation Kelliher Reflection, Operations
I’ve lived here for 12 months but I’ve never seen anything like this ever. About a metre of water came barrelling down the stairs and ramps. The water pressure has blown the heavy fire doors off their hinges and ripped them in half. It’s come through the carpark...
by DRA | Dec 17, 2021 | Community Stories, Operation Thorpe Reflection
Before moving to Gipsy Point in 2009, I was living in Melbourne and just felt like a tree and sea change, I’ve been here about 12 years now with my partner and our dog Trixie. The day the fire came through was pretty heavy, we had been watching it on the...
by DRA | Dec 15, 2021 | Operation Thorpe Reflection, Community Stories
The day the fires came into Mallacoota a farmer friend told me it is really coming. My house is on the outskirts of Mallacoota, my driveway is quite long, so I thought, if I stay, I won’t know if the fire comes to us, so decided to go to the shop. I planned to...
by DRA | Oct 19, 2021 | Community Stories, News, Operation Hannaford Reflection
In December 2019, devastating bushfires ripped through the Adelaide Hills, destroying 86 houses and damaging around 160 more as well as burning through hundreds of hectares of farmland and vineyards. Following these unprecedented Black Summer bushfires, Disaster...