Bellbowrie – the forgotten ones

The people of Bellbowrie and Moggill are calling themselves the forgotten ones.

Sadly this town is known for the bride lifted by helicopter to attend her wedding, covered by national television.

“We thought the helicopter was bringing food and water, we were stunned” a local said.

A couple in their 80’s who suffered in the 1974 floods lost their home under the water in this flood. They have found a caravan to live in at the moment.

“There are many people worse off than we are” they said when we inquired about assisting them. “Nobody is helping the town. People don’t understand how bad things are here.”

This couple in their 80's are relatives of Northern Beaches residence Ross & Maggie Bell, Cromer

Inaugural Northern Beaches Zone combined dinner meeting

We're excited about our upcoming Rotary Zone get together where our guest speaker will be The Hon Tony Abbott MHR Leader of the Opposition, Federal Member for Warringah.

It will be great to learn more about Mr Abbott; his life, growing up, his hobbies and more.

The challenge is on!

If you've been following our blog we know you'll be really bored right now.  We've been neglecting our blogging tasks terribly.  Never fear - we're back!   We've got our boots on, shirts rolled up and we're ready for another year of community spirit.

We have so many updates to bring to you.

Of course the devastating news of the worst floods in Australian history.  We'll blog about how we're responding to these challenges over the coming days.  We also have some exciting updates and events for the calendar year ahead.   Watch for us in the next few days.

Welcome to 2011!

The Team at Rotary Dee Why Warringah

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