Twelve years. Things change. Always. Liquid Roof A new Sky The Journey The Journey – Some Links TenSix Years“There is no cure for trauma” – David J. Morris – Salon “The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by David J. Morris.Black Saturday – ABCBlack Saturday - WikipediaBlack Saturday - National GeographicBlack Saturday - Articles & Research - The ConversationSettlement for…
Ten Years. February 2009 February 2019 The Journey - Some Links Six Years “There is no cure for trauma” – David J. Morris – Salon “The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by David J. Morris. Black Saturday – ABC Settlement for Murrindindi Kilmore East Bushfire Class Action Settlement I was free before - By Grace Five Years On -…
Two thousand one hundred and ninety one days ago [2191.45] , what we euphemistically refer to as "Black Saturday" was well underway. I wrote this piece a few days ago, on Saturday the 7th, [today] My website will publish this for me..I will be planting and watering some more trees at our new home. My father used to say to me...…
A coincidence. Just yesterday I noted with some reflection and sadness, the elegant and appropriately under-stated Mitchell Shire Community Bushfire Memorial in Broadford. A wonderful topographic representation of the path and extent of the fires within the Shire. It has been well over five years since we lost our home and possessions in the fires of 2009. The chaos, disruption…
My daughter also has some views on today and what this means for her, five years on. http://youtu.be/G2fLHWoJssU Links Five years on - The qualitative
Reflection begins. This is another personal [but public] journal entry to mark the day. Five years after "Black Saturday" we have a house that we plan to be in the following Christmas. I am not sure I fully appreciated the importance of walls and roof until the permanence of those walls and roof were questioned. We moved in to our…
The Kilmore East Bushfire Class action started today in the Victorian Supreme Court. Such eloquent sadness. Links Maurice Blackburn Supreme Court
The odyssey continues. It is four years since the fires that began on February 7th 2009. This is a personal [but public] journal entry to mark the day. We have yet to settle in a new home although we are [finally] very close. We have had five homes [accommodation] in this four year period. I still marvel at the fact…
Three years ago today, I witnessed first-hand, the unrelenting and profoundly destructive force of the fires that created Australia's worst natural disaster in recorded history. The fires that began on February 7th 2009 "Black Saturday" took many lives, destroyed many homes and buildings and most certainly altered the psyche of many that I know, including me. 1000 plus degrees is…