We will survive this disastrous summer......!

It started at the beginning of our summer

with our  little flood

that we thought such a disaster

ruined crops, roads and fences

Little did we realise what was in store for

Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley, Ipswich

 and Brisbane

as the rain continued to fall and fall

                                                                               St Lucia shopping centre photo courtesy The News

As we were recovering from this

 the news that Victoria was suffering it's own destructive flooding

 and more and more people were losing their life's belongings

then Western Australia was fighting

out of control fires

                                                                                                     image from here

But Queensland was still in the line of fire as Cyclone Yasi

came hurtling towards the coast

                                                                                                                                            for more photos go here

and cyclone Carlos drowned Darwin with

26 inches of rain in four hours

                                                                                                                                                                         from here

and, as all across Australia,

 we struggled to cope with the aftermath

of so many major disasters

we were not prepared for the news

out of New Zealand at lunchtime today

                                                                                                                                                                        from here

as an earthquake again hit Christchurch

the damage is horrific

and as I write this,  search and rescue teams

from Queensland (and the rest of Australia)  are on

their way to help.

We are two strong nations and with each others help

we will survive

My prayers are with the people of Christchurch tonight

Goodnight