Topic Tuesday // Life After Bushfires // Tues 19th January, 7:00-8:30PM AEDT

[TideisTurning]

Feeling invisible, forgotten and abandoned must be really hard on top of everything else. I'm sorry @JLD & @Klutz . Know that we hear you & we care. We haven't forgotten ❤️

[Shaz51]

Hello @Daisydreamer , @Former-Member , @Fizz , @TideisTurning , @JLD , @outlander , @Klutz 

Sorry  I am a bit late, 

I live in a small town in far north Queensland 

I have been through lots of cyclones 

And now I have been  through  my own house fire 8 weeks ago 

[Former-Member]

Hi @Shaz51, really glad to see you here 🙂

[outlander]

hi @Shaz51 nice to see you
im sorry aboout your house though!

[Shaz51]

@Former-Member 😀

[TideisTurning]

Welcome @Shaz51! Glad you've been able to make it. The latest question is around the impact of Covid on communities also affected by bushfires 😊

[JLD]

The impact of covid has been up and down. Covid itself has not impacted our community other then shipping delays but it definitely impacted (the fire effected part of the community) because now everyone feels like they're on par with our struggles so we are often dismissed. It's extremely frustrating as it's like, guys you have an actual roof over your head with multiple bedrooms to hid out in in isolation, my family of four is sharing a double bed with no escape from one another it's just not the same in my eyes and I'm over the comparison, I hate that I'm now comparing (because I was never like that before) 

[Shaz51]

Hello my @outlander 

@YouAreNotAlone 

[Daisydreamer]

@outlander the impact on the lost of tourists, both through the times of bushfires, and now with covid would be heartbreaking for so many business owners

[Klutz]

We had to leave our community as we had no support and nowhere to stay as most of out friends places were destroyed.
We found covid meant we didn’t meet anyone not even our neighbours and we still have trouble meeting people after 9 mths. We felt isolated and forgotten because Covid overshadowed everything,