Writing

I have done guest blogging  for ABC Open,using and reflecting upon my documentary photographs.

Aftermath: Disaster, Resilience & Recovery

Image: Brad Marsellos

• Brisbane…flooding? Like in 74? Are they kidding?
  I am an ordinary citizen who got caught in the middle of the extraordinary events of January 2011…
• Whoa, what is that smell?”
  Previously I spoke about the surreal experience of being caught up in one of Queenslands biggest natural disaster. I was so astounded by the sights around me that I could not put my camera down…
• “Thieves came into our houses on tinnies…”
  The final entry in this blog is about the stories told to me by others. After the initial clean-up frenzy had passed the reality began to sink in…
  
• Volunteering in a disaster zone
  My bags are packed, I have read through my Emergency Services Workforce Activation Handbook and now I wait.
• My stint in an evacuation centre
  After a sleepless night during the worst of the storms hitting Brisbane I was awoken at 7:30am on the morning of January 28 by a phone call.
  
• Muffins, mud and mateship
  I have good memories of Laidley. I spent 3 ½ years living in the Lockyer Valley as a child, on a small property about halfway between the towns of Forest Hill and Gatton…
  

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VOLUNTEERING: What are the incentives and the roadblocks?

• The best and scariest thing I’ve ever done
  Being an emergency services volunteer can be the best thing and scariest thing! In my experience I have found that natural disaster and trauma doesn’t discriminate either by age, gender, or socio-demographic background…