Queensland’s flood – 12 months on.

I drove through Grantham yesterday on my way to Toowoomba.

While some residents have rebuilt their homes, a great many more have chosen to abandon their houses.

Across this small town, houses that were once family homes remain uninhabited, wrecked and washed from their stumps. Some local businesses are still closed, with signs on the doors that said, “unsafe to enter”.  

Looking at the houses and remembering the haunting TV images of that devastating flood, I could not help but feel a deep sense of sadness for those who lost their lives and their livelihoods.

While the flood happened almost a year ago, the memories, pain and hardship still exist.

“For communities across Queensland, next week marks the one year anniversary of the worst of the floods that hit the state in 2011 and led to one of the largest Red Cross relief and recovery programs in Australia” (Bayside Bulletin, 5 January 2012).

A donation to the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery can help to make a difference to the lives of so many people. As stated on the Bayside Bulletin’s website, donations can be made at http://www.redcross.org.au/

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