Snapped Kauri Pine near Feluga and our old home (c) June Perkins We joined the red ng club. NG means no go. Your property is not safe for others to tarp or help remove stuff from. However, we are getting everything out that we can. The red ng has meant we can’t get any helpContinue reading “Red NG club of Cyclone Yasi”
Yasi – our story one of many
What is it like to go through a category 5 cyclone? I never thought I would know the answer to this question and that I would, along with my family and many other cassowary coasters, experience the strength of the wind in a house that shook as if it was Dorothy’s in the story ofContinue reading “Yasi – our story one of many”
Cyclone Yasi 1.40 So it Begins…
The rain and wind are picking up. You can hear a slightly increasing wind. It quietens and then gusts again. The guinea pigs are asleep dear ones. Youngest is watching cricket with his Dad as the power is still on. We have listened to Anna Bligh’s speeches and inarticulate teary people at evacuation centres. SitContinue reading “Cyclone Yasi 1.40 So it Begins…”
For all those lost
For all those affected by the Queensland floods of the last few days and their families. Mother nature seems so cruel just now yet she will bring us all that we need in time She will see to it that we find our poet’s rhyme and look to all she has that is sublime WeContinue reading “For all those lost”
I am Sunset
I am sunset varied and colourful pink and apricot colour chasing the clouds balancing night and day Giving you some beauty to remember as you sleep through darkness of floods, hunger, search . . . (to be continued) (c) June Perkins, word and image, all rights reserved.
