January 17, 2011 – 8:57 am
Thanks to Tracey for sharing this with us. I love her positive attitude and outlook on life. Tracey and her family are on a cattle property just outside of Theodore, Tracey is a very talented artist in her own right, and her son Fin and his partner Caitlyn own Rhubarb the boutique in town. If [...]
January 8, 2011 – 10:41 pm
A huge thanks to Nikki Mahony for putting together this great clip for us. I watched it last night and sobbed for our little community. What lies ahead of us? But I do have faith that if any community possesses the resilience it is Theodore, we have done it in the past and we will [...]
January 8, 2011 – 10:03 pm
That’s how it felt knowing that today our residents could return and start the daunting task of cleaning out our homes. A horrible task but nonetheless one small step towards Theodore as we knew it. A rollercoaster of having such a heavy heart wading through all the destruction, to feeling truly inspired at what we [...]
January 7, 2011 – 9:05 pm
Theodore flood from an outsiders perspective and an SES volunteer called out on Boxing Day As a member of our local SES (State Emergency Service) which is a voluntary organization I have been busy for a long while with localised flooding and storm damage and I was even called out on Xmas day to help [...]
January 6, 2011 – 10:12 am
On March 8 2010, we were dealt with the blow of The Mighty Dawson River peaking at 13.49m at Theodore. My parents own and run a cotton property, with paddocks scattered on both sides of town and lost just over half of the crop. Friends of ours lost more, their whole crop. It was a [...]
January 5, 2011 – 1:56 pm
Anne Chater and her husband Bruce own Theodore Medical, the one doctors surgery in town. Anne has kept a brief journal about her experience through the flood that she sent to family and friends to let them know how they were getting on. Anne has kindly agreed to share her words and pictures here with us. Click below to read Anne’s story.