Hi All, my name is Nicole Mahler from the small community of Maianbar in the Royal National Park. On Friday night, my dear friend Cassy and her partner Dom were awoken by the scream of fire alarms and thick smoke in their house that they had just moved in to begin a new life together. Cassy's daughters were sound asleep and a terrifying rescue ensued with them narrowly escaping serious injury or worse. With the brave help of neighbours, they managed to save their two dogs and one cat but sadly lost their other cats in the blaze.
They have lost everything - but are so very grateful to be alive and as miss 15 years old says #minimalistlife. Thankfully they have building insurance but had not yet arranged contents insurance due to the amalgamation of two households less than one week prior. They fortunately have somewhere to live but are going to need to purchase all the household stuff that we all take for granted, food, furniture, whitegoods, beds, bedding, appliances, clothing etc. Thank you to all who have donated goods, what an incredible little community we have - many have reached out to ask if they can donate some $$ which will be an enormous help as this family grieves, deals with the trauma and begins to re-build their life.