SOTR - bushfire clean up

We, like most, had seen media footage of the fires but nothing had quite prepared us for what saw and experienced this weekend.

The resilience of the farmers that we were helping was amazing. They had all been well prepared to protect their properties, families and livelihoods, but the stories they shared of the ferocity of the fires, what they were faced with, and what some had to do to survive were so confronting. Some saved their homes, others lost everything.

We met some amazing people; those that had volunteered their time to assist others, locals that welcomed us and allowed us to join them at their club house and the farmers whose generosity was still abundant even when they were going through the toughest of times. We have made new friends this weekend and we intend to keep in touch with those we have helped and return to do more in the coming weeks and months.Weiterlesen