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On Saturday (a couple of days ago as I type this) I volunteered to assist the cleanup in Brisbane's suburbs -- the city council organised volunteering locations where you could sign up and be transported to places that needed help. The process was well organised, except at the location I went to where the buses … Continue reading My flood volunteering day

I was four or five years old when Brisbane encountered its last major flood disaster in 1974. I have vague memories -- so vague I don't know for sure if they are real or imagined -- of looking out the front window of the house we lived in at the time and seeing the water … Continue reading Floods in Brisbane