Comments on: Queensland Cyclone http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone/ nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Rich http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone/#comment-8841 Rich Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:49:57 +0000 http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone#comment-8841 Looks like our friends in the rainforest were hit very hard by Cyclone Larry. A short piece on the Sanctuary Retreat website sums up the damage: <blockquote>...thankfully and remarkably, no loss of life or serious injury. Unfortunately the beautiful rainforest at Sanctuary was not so lucky with extensive damage to most of the buildings. However the forest will regrow, the buildings will be rebuilt and we are hoping that Sanctuary will be re-born by the first of September 2006.</blockquote> Gutted. If you've never been to a rainforest then it's difficult to comprehend the humidity and the difficulty in doing anything other than flopping about dreaming of the cool drink that you're going to need as soon as you've finished the one you're holding. Doing <em>anything</em> there is <em>hard</em> work. One of the most amazing things you can see when you visit the retreat is the photo's that Paul and Susan took when they were originally building the Long House. It would be pointless to put those photo's on the web because to appreciate the work that went into the place you have to be sat there, in the heat, <em>knowing</em> that just turning the pages is causing you to break into a sweat. In all that heat, they built the whole place themselves, and built it to exacting environmentally friendly specifications, it was a truly inspirational place to visit, and I'm sure it will be again. In case the simplicity of the place is lost on anyone... here's a photo of the hut we stayed in. It's about 50 feet from the camera, dead centre. <img class="solopic" src="/pics/2006/nqld-cyclone/hut.jpg" alt="Rainforest Hut"> Looks like our friends in the rainforest were hit very hard by Cyclone Larry. A short piece on the Sanctuary Retreat website sums up the damage:

…thankfully and remarkably, no loss of life or serious injury. Unfortunately the beautiful rainforest at Sanctuary was not so lucky with extensive damage to most of the buildings. However the forest will regrow, the buildings will be rebuilt and we are hoping that Sanctuary will be re-born by the first of September 2006.

Gutted.

If you’ve never been to a rainforest then it’s difficult to comprehend the humidity and the difficulty in doing anything other than flopping about dreaming of the cool drink that you’re going to need as soon as you’ve finished the one you’re holding.

Doing anything there is hard work.

One of the most amazing things you can see when you visit the retreat is the photo’s that Paul and Susan took when they were originally building the Long House. It would be pointless to put those photo’s on the web because to appreciate the work that went into the place you have to be sat there, in the heat, knowing that just turning the pages is causing you to break into a sweat.

In all that heat, they built the whole place themselves, and built it to exacting environmentally friendly specifications, it was a truly inspirational place to visit, and I’m sure it will be again.

In case the simplicity of the place is lost on anyone… here’s a photo of the hut we stayed in. It’s about 50 feet from the camera, dead centre.

Rainforest Hut

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone/#comment-7540 Rich Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:56:22 +0000 http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone#comment-7540 <a href="http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,18573611%255E14787,00.html" rel="nofollow">This report from The Townsville Bulletin</a> (four days after the cyclone) starts to describe the extent of the devastation to Mission Beach and it's rainforest. It suggests 60% of the vegitated area has beem torn apart. <a href=" rel="nofollow">This report in The Age</a>, describes why the extent of the damage is bad news for the rainforest in general. This report from The Townsville Bulletin (four days after the cyclone) starts to describe the extent of the devastation to Mission Beach and it’s rainforest. It suggests 60% of the vegitated area has beem torn apart.

This report in The Age, describes why the extent of the damage is bad news for the rainforest in general.

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