The boys arrived in Bellbowrie this morning and were sent out to some jobs, however, things seemed to be in hand, tradesmen had arrived and the horses are now fine so our ‘R-Team’ ended up on a farm at Fernvale, owned by David Strong and three generations of his extended family. Fernvale is inland approx 50km up the Brisbane Valley Highway from Bellbowrie.
When the flood came to their area the Brisbane River rose some 21 meters. Increasing it from a normal 50 meters wide to over 3 kms wide.
The family were lucky to get out with their lives as predictions had them safe. They came close to loosing a sister-in-law when she tried to save the family horse. Sadly the horse was swept away and died.
Forty of their cattle were washed away. They found twenty-one as far as 50km away.
Three of our team have spent the afternoon stripping the farm tools, drying and getting them working. Don has been knocking an inside wall out that was soaked.
Reading this email turned my stomach and sent shivers through me. I can’t begin to imagine the horror of those moments for this family. I’m so glad Don and the boys are there to give them a hand.
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