Because we all need an escape right now
In Australia, New South Wales, I'm hard pressed to think of a town that has not been impacted by flooding. Meet some people living with flood inside.....
Earlier last week, while I was lucky enough to be enjoying a really intimate concert by The Waifs at Tallangandra Winery, my family, friends and people all over Central West NSW were being air lifted from quickly rising flood waters. The second flood in these areas in a month. The waters rose quickly and the scenes beamed back at me as I scrolled social media at 12am that night seemed apocalyptic. I’m not wanting to compare the two but I do wonder which is the worse crisis; a flood or a bushfire, or even a drought? Flooding I think seems less fearsome, but its havoc, crisis and devestation is no less. I hope that over the coming weeks we all seek out stories of those isolated by huge swaths of water, or by those who’s crops will be under water for only a week, but who will be suffering financially, mental for many months to come. Here in this newsletter I’m going to introduce you to some of my friends who’s lives are no longer ‘normal’ as a result of floodwaters and give you an insig…