People of Burringbar and surrounding towns have been severely affected by the recent megaflood disaster. Devastation is widespread and catastrophic. It is hard to comprehend the number of homes and businesses that have been destroyed and significantly damaged. The lives and townships that are forever affected.

 

The magnitude and aftermath of this extreme weather event are difficult to communicate to those not on the scene. It’s far heavier than photos and videos can convey. (Scroll to the end for more pics.)

EVERY DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE, no matter how small. We are calling on you, your friends, families and networks to help in any way you can.  

Record crushing, days-long downpours and subsequent megafloods took out power, phone and internet for the entire area (and beyond). Communications are still totally down for nearly all residents. Many people rely on community food distribution, trekking through floodwaters and boulders, and hitching into town.

 

The Northern Rivers region on NSW's North Coast is flood-prone by nature, but the recent floods are unlike anything that has come before. Residents young and old have never experienced flooding on this scale.

 

In many areas, the stench is dank and unavoidable, especially for the many people whose homes have been significantly breached by floodwaters. Mud stains absolutely everything.

Bridges connecting well-populated areas to civilisation have washed away or are massively damaged.

 

Landslides punctuate the unstable, hilly terrain, covering entire lanes on arterial highways and back roads.

 

Homes have slipped down slopes, irreparably wrecked. Cars totally submerged and written off. Mangled belongings and household items pile up in front of mud-soaked houses. Many people have lost everything.

 

The land is still extremely water-logged and unstable. Homes are now standing on vulnerable foundations and are at risk of collapse.

 

Once pristine waterways now run a deep, contaminated chocolate brown, feeding into beaches foaming with eerily mud-coloured waves.

 

Swollen creeks that normally subside a few hours after storms, are now mighty rivers. Days later, waterways continue to gush down newly formed courses, flanked by tons of deposited rocks and boulders that came crashing down from the hills.

 

SHARE THIS CAMPAIGN

 

Please share this GoFundMe campaign amongst your networks. Word of mouth, social media, email and text are great ways to spread the word.

 

FUNDS ALLOCATION

 

This GoFundMe is a community pool that will distribute 100% of funds raised to flood-affected residents in Burringbar, Upper Burringbar, Mooball, Crabbes Creek, Stokers Siding and surrounding areas.

 

The Burringbar Community Association will be allocating these funds through a collective selection process.

 

THANK YOU! On behalf of Burringbar and neighbouring communities.

(Note: I am located in Burringbar not Bilinudgel as GoFundMe seems to think)