Bellbowrie we hear you!

The Rotary Flood Relief will provide Humanitarian Aid for the worst natural disaster in Australian history! Our community has answered the call.

The people of Bellbowrie and Moggill are calling themselves the forgotten ones. Neville Marsh, who is coordinating the recovery in Bellbowrie said that there are about 90 houses totalled by the flood. "There are only house frames left". Bellbowrie needs Builders, carpenters, any trades to do with building houses. 

A team of volunteers headed by Rotarian Don Rosenfeld are on their way north to Bellbowrie where the community is in great need. Through the generosity of the community including BNI the relief team will be well stocked with donations of buckets, brooms, vacs, tools and loads of electrical materials to begin repairs.

Further teams will be needed in the future, especially in Rural Areas. You do not need to be a Rotarian to join a team. The advantage of traveling with a Rotary Team is that you will be fully covered by Rotary Insurance and you will be working with locals and local Rotary Clubs. It’s a hands on down to earth experience.

If you're interested in joining a Rotary Flood Relief team contact us at brookvalebd@bigpond.com.au

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A huge thank you to the members of BNI for your generous donations.  BNI is the largest business networking organisation in the world. BNI offer members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals.  They meet at the Builders Club at Dee Why on Wednesday mornings.

Update from Bellbowie

Speaking to Neville Marsh, who is coordinating the recovery in Bellbowrie, we have been told there are 90 houses totalled by the flood. "There are only house frames left. Some still have a roof," Neville said. "We are in need of Builders, carpenters, any trades to do with building houses. We have one property on acreage we will have to clean out and rebuild. It will be a big job."

If you are one of these trades and can help or have a company that can spare some of your tradesman please let us know. We will coordinate the teams and ensure all avenues are covered.

Rotary Volunteers head to Queensland

A team of volunteers headed by Rotarian Don Rosenfeld will leave shortly with the intention to assist with these two cases. More tradesmen are welcome to join this team.

Further teams will be needed in the future, especially in Rural Areas. You do not need to be a Rotarian to join a team. 

The advantage of traveling with a Rotary Team is you are fully covered by Rotary Insurance and you will be working with locals and local Rotary Clubs.  It’s a hands on down to earth experience.

The Rotary Club of Dee Why Warringah are donating a generator to Michael at EmbroidMe Milton which will be taken up by our team. The generator will be passed on to others in need when he has finished with it.  Our Electrician will be taking up a quantity of electrical equipment.

Business in Milton, Queensland devastated

Michael is still pretty frantic trying to work out exactly how to move forward. He would welcome support to get things cleaned up and repaired – and hopefully back to some level of business trading. He said that getting supplies for repair is really difficult. His electricity cannot be restored until the power switch board is replaced. It was completely submerged in flood water. This will be the case for many I suspect.

He can’t start his clean up until the insurance assessor arrives, hopefully today.

"Getting items in the local area is difficult. As you can imagine everything is in short supply due to damage or demand. So if tradesmen can pre-empt as much as possible in terms of supplies, that might help them get more done when they arrive,” Michael said. 'While electricity is being restored to some area’s it is very slow. Power generators would be helpful to many people.”

Michael is a family friend of Rotarian Jo Ragen. He is a small business owner of EmbroidMe Milton. Visit his web site at: EmbroidMe Milton 

Photo: EmbroidMe Milton, Queensland

Under water in the worst floods in Australia's History